gird

Fetched 2026-10-28 (live).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Verb

1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
   • The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
   • a castle girded with a moat
   • The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.
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.

Noun

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

Verb

1. To jeer at.
2. To jeer.

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