gird

gird ¹  (gûrd)

v. gird·ed or girt (gûrt), gird·ing, girds

v.tr.

1.

a. To encircle with a belt or band.

b. To fasten or secure (clothing, for example) with a belt or band.

c. To surround. See Synonyms at surround.

2. To equip or endow.

3. To prepare (oneself) for action.

v.intr.

To prepare for action: "Men still spoke of peace but girded more sternly for war" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

Idiom:

gird (up) (one's) loins

To summon up one's inner resources in preparation for action.

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[Middle English girden, from Old English gyrdan; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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gird ²  (gûrd)

intr. & tr.v. gird·ed, gird·ing, girds

To jeer or jeer at.

n.

A sarcastic remark.

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[Middle English girden, to strike.]

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gird¹

vb girds, girding, girded, girt (tr)

1. to put a belt, girdle, etc., around (the waist or hips)

2. to bind or secure with or as if with a belt to gird on one's armour

3. to surround; encircle

4. to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird (up) one's loins)

5. to endow with a rank, attribute, etc., esp knighthood

[Old English gyrdan, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse gyrtha, Old High German gurten]

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gird² Northern English dialect

vb

1. (when intr, foll by at) to jeer (at someone); mock

2. (tr) to strike (a blow at someone)

3. (intr) to move at high speed

n

1.

a.  a blow or stroke

b.  a taunt; gibe

2. a display of bad temper or anger (esp in the phrases in a gird; throw a gird)

[C13 girden to strike, cut, of unknown origin]

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gird³

n

Scot a hoop, esp a child's hoop Also girr

[a Scot variant of girth]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	gird - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" arm, build up, fortify re-arm, rearm - arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm" forearm - arm in advance of a confrontation
	2.	gird - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" girdle border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
	3.	gird - bind with something round or circular encircle hoop - bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats" bind - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

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gird

verb

1. girdle, bind, belt The other knights urged Galahad to gird on his sword.

2. surround, ring, pen, enclose, encompass, encircle, hem in, enfold, engird a proposal to gird the river with a series of small hydroelectric dams

3. prepare, ready, steel, brace, fortify, make or get ready They are girding themselves for battle against a new enemy.

Translations

gird [gɜːd] (girded (girt (pt, pp))) VT (liter) → ceñir, rodear (with de) to gird o.s. for the fight or fray → aprestarse para la lucha
to gird (up) one's loins → aprestarse para la lucha
see also loin

gird on VT + ADV to gird on one's sword → ceñirse la espada

gird [ˈgɜː^rd] vt
to gird o.s. for sth [+ battle, contest] → se préparer à or pour qch

gird pret, ptp <girded or (rare) girt>

vt (old) → gürten (old); (fig) → umgeben; to gird oneself → sich gürten (with mit); (fig: = prepare) → sich wappnen; (→ für)