gird
[verb]
Synonyms: surround, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, hem in, ring

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Antonyms: ungird
Related Idioms: gird one's loins, whet the knife
Related Words: wrap, wreathe, bolster, buttress, support, sustain, harden, reinforce, shore (up), invigorate, dispose, forearm, prepare

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gird /ɡɜːd $ ɡɜːrd/ verb (past tense and past participle girded or girt /ɡɜːt $ ɡɜːrt/)
[Language: Old English; Origin: gyrdan]

1. gird (up) your loins to get ready to do something difficult – used humorously

2. [intransitive and transitive] if you gird for something, or gird yourself for something, especially something difficult, you prepare for it
gird (yourself) for something
By midsummer both police and protesters were girding for confrontation.

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