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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024girt1 /gɜrt/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of gird.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024girt1 (gûrt),USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of gird 1.
girt2 (gûrt),USA pronunciation v.t. - gird1 (def. 1).
girt3 (gûrt),USA pronunciation n., v.t. - girth.
girt4 (gûrt),USA pronunciation n. - Building[Carpentry.]
- a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
- a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Printing(in certain hand presses) one of a pair of leather straps having one end fastened to the bed and the other to the rounce, for drawing the bed under the platen.
- alteration of girth 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: girt /ɡɜːt/ vb - a past tense and past participle of gird1
girt /ɡɜːt/ vb - (transitive) to bind or encircle; gird
- to measure the girth of (something)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gird1 /gɜrd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], gird•ed or girt/gɜrt/USA pronunciation gird•ing. - to put a belt or band around (oneself);
bind with a belt or band:[~ + oneself]They girded themselves with brightly colored cords. - to surround;
enclose; hem in:[~ + no object]The enemy was girded by our troops. - to prepare (oneself ) for action;
brace:[~ + oneself]girded themselves for battle. Idioms- Idioms gird one's loins, to prepare oneself for something requiring strength or endurance.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024girth /gɜrθ/USA pronunciation also girt, n. - the measure around a body or object;
circumference: [countable]The girth of that huge tree was several yards.[uncountable]The tree was several yards in girth. - size;
bulk:[uncountable]a man of huge girth. - [countable] a band that passes underneath a horse or other animal to secure a saddle.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gird1 (gûrd),USA pronunciation v.t., gird•ed or girt, gird•ing. - to encircle or bind with a belt or band.
- to surround;
enclose; hem in. - to prepare (oneself ) for action:He girded himself for the trial ahead.
- to provide, equip, or invest, as with power or strength.
- bef. 950; Middle English girden, Old English gyrdan; cognate with German gürten
gird′ing•ly, adv. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged brace, steel, fortify, strengthen.
gird2 (gûrd),USA pronunciation v.i. - to gibe;
jeer (usually fol. by at). v.t. - to gibe or jeer at;
taunt. n. - a gibe.
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- Middle English gyrd a stroke, blow, hence a cutting remark, derivative of girden to strike, smite 1175–1225
gird′ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024girth (gûrth),USA pronunciation n. - the measure around anything;
circumference. - a band that passes underneath a horse or other animal to hold a saddle in place, esp. one having a buckle at each end for fastening to straps running from under the flaps of the saddle. See illus. under saddle.
- something that encircles;
a band or girdle. v.t. - to bind or fasten with a girth.
- to girdle;
encircle. Also, girt. - Old Norse gerth girdle; akin to gird1
- Middle English girth, gerth 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gird /ɡɜːd/ vb (girds, girding, girded, girt)(transitive)- to put a belt, girdle, etc, around (the waist or hips)
- to bind or secure with or as if with a belt: to gird on one's armour
- to surround; encircle
- to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird (up) one's loins)
Etymology: Old English gyrdan, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse gyrtha, Old High German gurten gird /ɡɜːd/ Northern English dialect vb - when intr, followed by at: to jeer (at someone); mock
n - a taunt; gibe
Etymology: 13th Century girden to strike, cut, of unknown origin |