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gird

Pronunciation: /ɡɜːd/

The English word “gird” has 9 meanings listed here.

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.
  4. (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
  5. To jeer at.
  6. To jeer.

noun

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

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”).

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