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girdgird /ɡɜːd $ ɡɜːrd/ verb (past tense and past participle girded or girt /ɡɜːt $ ɡɜːrt/) girdOrigin: Old English gyrdan VERB TABLEgird |
Present | I, you, we, they | gird | | he, she, it | girds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | girded, girt | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have girded, girt | | he, she, it | has girded, girt | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had girded, girt | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gird | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have girded, girt |
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Present | I | am girding | | he, she, it | is girding | | you, we, they | are girding | Past | I, he, she, it | was girding | | you, we, they | were girding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been girding | | he, she, it | has been girding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been girding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be girding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been girding |
- The Romans enclosed the town with walls that still gird the Old City.
- A full frontal approach was certain to come, and Carla did her best to be girded against such a confrontation.
- By midsummer, both sides were girding for action.
- I girded myself for the next day.
- Nevertheless, the government is girding for possible trouble.
- The first people to leave went off hastily, while others lingered, girding themselves for the streets.
- We're just unwinding before girding our loins for London.
NOUN► loin· We're just unwinding before girding our loins for London. ► gird (up) your loins- I'm girding up my loins for battle on this tax issue.
- We're just unwinding before girding our loins for London.
1gird (up) your loins to get ready to do something difficult – used humorously2[intransitive, transitive] if you gird for something, or gird yourself for something, especially something difficult, you prepare for itgird (yourself) for something By midsummer both police and protesters were girding for confrontation. |