girt
/ɡɜːt/US/ɡɝt/
girt noun: a horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. Also the simple past and past participle of gird.
Noun
girt (plural girts)
- A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
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Verb (1)
girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)
- To gird.
- To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
- To measure the girth of.
Adjective (1)
girt (not comparable)
- Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
Verb (2)
girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)
Adjective (2)
girt (comparative more girt, superlative most girt)
- (Of a country) To by surrounded by sea.
- Americans being so mad about Australia being better in the olympic swimming is soooooo good like you guys aren't even girt how can you think for a second you make for good competition?2024 July 28, @r7nzy, X (post)
Also used as
girt is also the simple past and past participle of gird.
girt is also the alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.
Forms of girt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | girts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | girts |
| present participle | girting |
| past participle | girted |
| past | girted |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more girt |
| superlative | most girt |
Origin of girt
Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”).
Inherited from Middle English girten (“gird, encircle”).
From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.
Words formed from girt
Phrases with girt
Words that rhyme with girt
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- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- blurt
- chert
- curt
- desert
- dessert
- exert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- extrovert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- smirt
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about girt
- What does girt mean?
- Girt means a horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
- What part of speech is girt?
- Girt can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce girt?
- Girt is pronounced /ɡɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of girt?
- The plural of girt is girts.
Words near girt in the dictionary
Source and license
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