Verb gird has 4 senses
- 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"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- girth, girt, begird, gird - encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"
--2 is one way to surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- girdle, gird - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"
--3 is one way to surround, skirt, border
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- gird, encircle - bind with something round or circular
--4 is one way to bind
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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