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Antonyms for gird

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gurd
Phonetic Transcription : gÉœrd

Definition of gird

Origin :
  • Old English gyrdan "put a belt or girdle around; encircle, surround; invest with attributes," from Proto-Germanic *gurthjanan (cf. Old Norse gyrða, Old Saxon gurdian, Old Frisian gerda, Dutch gorden, Old High German gurtan, German gürten). Related to Old English geard "hedge, enclosure" (see yard (n.1)). Related: Girded; girding.
  • Throughout its whole history the English word is chiefly employed in rhetorical language, in many instances with more or less direct allusion to biblical passages. [OED]
  • verb encircle; strengthen
  • verb make fun of
Example sentences :
  • Let them gird sackcloth on their loins and hide their faces.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Does it become you, sir, do you think, to gird at one who is your prisoner?
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Be a soldier, then, and gird thee for the great battle that is at hand.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • Come, gird up thy loins and answer like a man, if thou canst.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • Gird on, as gift from the gods, this sword that is immortal.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • About has a gird or two at Balzac, but evidently imitates him.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • Falstaff says, "men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me."
  • Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
  • When you are dead and gone, let him gird himself for a long pilgrimage.
  • Extract from : « Helen and Arthur » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • The Templar rose, and he forgot not to gird on his sword as he followed the knight.
  • Extract from : « The Pilgrims Of The Rhine » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He would rest, and then gird up his loins and face life again.
  • Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner

Synonyms for gird

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