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girded or girt (verb)

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  • gird — verb past tense and past participle girded or girt (T) literary 1 gird (up) your loins biblical or humorous to get ready to do something 2 to fasten something around you …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • gird — I. verb (girded or girt; girding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gyrdan; akin to Old English geard yard more at yard Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to encircle or bind with a flexible band (as a belt) b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gird — The normal past tense and past participle of the verb meaning ‘to encircle or secure with a band or belt’ is girded, but girt has been in use as recently as the 19c and is still used as an archaism, especially in adjectival compounds such as sea… …   Modern English usage

  • gird — gird1 verb (past and past participle girded or girt) literary encircle or secure with a belt or band. ↘surround; encircle: the mountains girding Kabul. Phrases gird (up) one s loins (or gird oneself for something) prepare and strengthen oneself… …   English new terms dictionary

  • gird — ► VERB (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1) encircle or secure with a belt or band. 2) (often in phrase gird one s loins) prepare and strengthen oneself for what is to come. ORIGIN Old English, related to GIRDLE(Cf. ↑girdle) and …   English terms dictionary

  • gird — UK [ɡɜː(r)d] / US [ɡɜrd] verb [transitive] Word forms gird : present tense I/you/we/they gird he/she/it girds present participle girding past tense girt UK [ɡɜː(r)t] / US [ɡɜrt] or girded past participle girt or girded a) to prepare for a… …   English dictionary

  • gird — I. /gɜd / (say gerd) verb (t) (girt or girded, girding) 1. Also, gird up. to encircle with a belt or girdle. 2. to surround; hem in. –phrase 3. gird oneself (up) for, to prepare oneself mentally for 4. gird one s …  

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