gird

(Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
3. (reflexive, transitive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
4. (intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.

Noun

1. A sarcastic remark.
2. A stroke with a rod or switch.
3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡɜːd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: girden

Heretat de anglès antic: gyrdan

Cognat amb frisó occidental: gurdzje

Cognat amb neerlandès: gorden

Cognat amb alemany: gürten

Cognat amb suec: gjorda

Cognat amb islandès: gyrða

Cognat amb albanès: ngërthej

In summary

From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).

Conceptes

armar-se

encerclar

envoltar

cenyir

circumdar

Sinònims

girdle

encircle

belt

bind

wear

build up

enclose

tie

arm

confine

surround

strap

attach

fortify

sneer

begird

girth

encompass

endue

zone

buckle

ring

💍

gibe

beset

environ

enwrap

band

hold in

imprison

invest

jeer

jest

knot

🪢

lash

ligate

manacle

moor

rack

rail

restrain

round

scoff

secure

shackle

slur

stake

string

🪢

take off

taunt

tether

Traduccions

ceindre

vêtir

👗

ceñir

cingere

gorden

aangorden

circondare

boucler

aangespen

omgorden

kuşatmak

çevrelemek

entourer

cercar

rodear