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How to use gird in a sentence

14 example sentences · verb, noun

Gird means to bind with a flexible rope or cord. Example: “The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.”

Examples of gird by meaning

verbTo bind with a flexible rope or cord.

  • The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.

verbTo 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.
  • He slithers like a limbo dancer under alder thickets girding the cliff faces.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic

verbTo prepare (oneself) for an action.

  • She is instead focusing her rage and girding herself for battle.1979 December 15, Stephanie Byrd, “An Injection of Spirit”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 21, page 10
  • The remarks came just days after Putin appeared to be girding Russians for a protracted war in Ukraine, saying that his military operation could be a “long-term process”.2022 December 9, Andrew Roth, “Putin suggests possibility of settlement to end war in Ukraine”, in The Guardian

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

  • Girding is defined as a situation where a vessel experiences athwartship forces from its towline.2010, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Marine Investigation Report M09W0141

More sentences with gird

  • King Gyanendra must gird up his loins and prepare himself for all exigencies.2004, "Editorial," nepalnews.com (Nepal), vol. 24, no. 6 (Aug 3-19). From the entry gird up one's loins
  • Then Susan said briskly, "Well, we must just gird up our loins and pitch in."1920, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 9, in Rilla of Ingleside. From the entry gird up one's loins
  • Both sides are girded for a negative, no-holds-barred slugfest.2016 May 8, Albert R. Hunt, “Trump and Clinton Campaigns Gear Up for a Slugfest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry no holds barred
  • Girding one's loins too tightly can lead to loss of circulation and, in extreme cases, loss of a loin.1979, Donald Kaul, The End of the World as We Know it ... and Other Entertainments, page 91. From the entry overgird
  • "Want to make land, eh?" I girded down at him.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI. From the entry top-hamper
  • With such competition looming, one might suppose that U.S. automakers would embrace tighter domestic efficiency requirements to help them gird for the challenge.2004, Amory B. Lovins, E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes, Jonathan G. Koomey, Nathan J. Glasgow, Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for…. From the entry automaker
  • Here Native Tongues beats gird good-golly-Miss-Mali feminism, cameos from the Roots and This Kid Named Miles, pygmy flute-scat, and flurries of drum'n'bass-driven Björkian ecstasy.2000, SPIN, volume 16, number 1, page 126. From the entry Björkian

Meaning of gird

  1. verb To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  2. verb To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  3. verb To prepare (oneself) for an action.

Full definition of gird

Questions about gird in a sentence

How do you use gird in a sentence?
Gird is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.”
What is a short sentence with gird?
“a castle girded with a moat”
What does gird mean?
Gird means to bind with a flexible rope or cord.

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