Gird

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ɡɜːd/
• US IPA: /ɡɝd/

Old English gyrdan ("to put a belt around, to put a girdle around"). Cognate with Albanian ngërthej ("to tie together by weaving, to bind").

Full definition of gird

Verb

1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.Our home is girt by sea... - Advance Australia Fair
3. (transitive) To prepare oneself for an action.

Related terms

• girder
• girdle
• gird up one’s loins
• girt
• undergird

Noun

1. A sarcastic remark.
• ShakespeareI thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
2. A stroke with a rod or switch.
3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
• TillotsonConscience ... is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.

Verb

1. (transitive) To jeer at.
• ShakespeareBeing moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
2. (intransitive) To jeer.
• ShakespeareMen of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.

Anagrams

• grid, GRID