Verb gird has 4 senses
  1. arm, build up, fortify, gird - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
    --1 is a kind of surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring; surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s something
    4 senses of gird
    arm, build up, fortify, gird
    Somebody ----s
    girth, girt, begird, gird
    Something ----s something
    4 senses of gird
    arm, build up, fortify, gird
    Somebody ----s
  2. girth, girt, begird, gird - encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"
    --2 is a kind of surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring; surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s something
    girth, girt, begird, gird
    Something ----s something
  3. girdle, gird - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"
    --3 is a kind of surround, skirt, border; surround, skirt, border
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    girdle, gird
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. gird, encircle - bind with something round or circular
    --4 is a kind of bind; bind
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    gird, encircle
    Somebody ----s something
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