gird

Meaning

Verb

1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
3. To prepare (oneself) for an action.

Noun

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

Synonyms

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

tie down

tie up

tie round

trammel

truss

vest

wall in

wrap

gird on

hedge in

indue

shut in

pish

engirdle

lash together

bandage

bank

🏦

bathe

beard

belting

besiege

binding

blockade

bundle

chain

cincture

circle

⭕

clinch

close

close in

deride

dress

👗

enfold

fasten

fetter

fleer

flout

gear up

handcuff

hem in

hitch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɜːd/

Etymology

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”).