Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - gird
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(girds, girding, girded) If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. (LITERARY) With audiences in the US falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession. to gird your loins: see loin VERB: V pron-refl for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~ed or girt; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gyrdan; akin to Old English geard yard — more at yard Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to encircle or bind with a flexible band (as a belt) b. to make fast (as a sword by a belt or clothing with a cord) c. surround 2. provide, equip; especially to invest with the sword of knighthood 3. to prepare (oneself) for action intransitive verb to prepare for action II. verb Etymology: Middle English, to strike, thrust Date: 1546 transitive verb to sneer at ; mock intransitive verb gibe, rail III. noun Date: 1566 a sarcastic remark ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v.tr. (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1 encircle, attach, or secure with a belt or band. 2 secure (clothes) on the body with a girdle or belt. 3 enclose or encircle. 4 a (foll. by with) equip with a sword in a belt. b fasten (a sword) with a belt. 5 (foll. by round) place (cord etc.) round. Phrases and idioms gird (or gird up) one's loins prepare for action. Etymology: OE gyrdan f. Gmc (as GIRTH) 2. v. & n. --v.intr. (foll. by at) jeer or gibe. --n. a gibe or taunt. Etymology: ME, = strike etc.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I v.; past and past part. girded girt 1) опоясывать; подпоясывать(ся) he was girt about with a rope - он был подпоясан веревкой 2) прикреплять саблю, шашку к поясу 3) облекать (властью) (with) 4) окружать, опоясывать the island girded by the sea - остров, окруженный морем to gird oneself for smth. - приготовиться к чему-л. II 1. noun насмешка 2. v. насмехаться (at - над) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. gyrdan "put a belt or girdle around," from P.Gmc. *gurthjanan. Girder is first attested 1611. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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