Word a Day
gird
What does gird mean?
gird (verb): to prepare (oneself) for an action.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce gird?
/ɡɝd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does gird come from?
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-.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of gird?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “gird” mean?
make sense of; assign a meaning to
Not quite: that's what interpret means.
to change the form or structure of
Not quite: that's what alter means.
to stress, single out as important
Not quite: that's what emphasize means.
to prepare (oneself) for an action
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Which word is closest in meaning to “gird”?
arm
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spy
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jam
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owe
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