What is another word for gird?
1163 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡˈɜːd], [ ɡˈɜːd], [ ɡ_ˈɜː_d]
Gird is a verb which means to surround, encircle or prepare oneself for an action or event. There are a number of synonyms for the word gird, including brace, strengthen, fortify, secure, ready, equip, prepare, and gear up. These words all imply a sense of preparation and readiness for a certain task or challenge. Other synonyms for gird include enclose, encompass, encompass and encircle, which relate to the physical sense of surrounding or enclosing something. Regardless of which synonym is used, all call for one to prepare oneself for whatever task lies ahead, whether it be physical or mental, difficult or easy.
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Similar words for gird:
- encircle (noun)
- arm (verb)
- begird (verb)
- brace (verb)
- circle (verb)
- compass (verb)
- contact (verb)
- define (verb)
- dismiss (verb)
- encircle (verb)
- envelop (verb)
- flout (verb)
- fortify (verb)
- harden (verb)
- indurate (verb)
- insult (verb)
- loop (verb)
- prepare (verb)
- ready (verb)
- ring (verb)
- round (verb)
- sneer (verb)
- snigger (verb)
- steel (verb)
- strengthen (verb)
- surround (verb)
- tie (verb)
Synonyms for Gird:
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n.
• encircle -
v.
• arm- heeled up ,
- heeling up ,
- heels up ,
- loading up ,
- loads up ,
- lugged iron ,
- lugging iron ,
- lugs iron ,
- makes ready ,
- out fit ,
- out fits ,
- out fitted ,
- out fitting ,
- out-fit ,
- out-fits ,
- out-fitted ,
- out-fitting ,
- pack rod ,
- packed a rod ,
- packed rod ,
- packing a rod ,
- packing rod ,
- packs a rod ,
- packs rod ,
- pro vide ,
- pro vided ,
- pro vides ,
- pro viding ,
- pro-vide ,
- pro-vided ,
- pro-vides ,
- pro-viding ,
- rodded up ,
- rodding up ,
- rods up .
- be gird ,
- be girded ,
- be girding ,
- be girds ,
- be girt ,
- be-gird ,
- be-girded ,
- be-girding ,
- be-girds ,
- be-girt .
- cincturing ,
- circumducted ,
- circumducting ,
- circumducts ,
- enspheres ,
- ensphering ,
- milling around ,
- mills around ,
- winded about ,
- winding about ,
- winds about ,
- wound about .
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be siege ,
- be sieged ,
- be sieges ,
- be sieging ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- be-siege ,
- be-sieged ,
- be-sieges ,
- be-sieging .
- gird .
- de fine ,
- de fined ,
- de fines ,
- de fining ,
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de-fine ,
- de-fined ,
- de-fines ,
- de-fining ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- fences in ,
- fencing in ,
- marked out ,
- marks out ,
- sets bounds to ,
- setting bounds to ,
- staked out ,
- stakes out ,
- walled in ,
- walling in ,
- walls in .
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis card ,
- dis carded ,
- dis carding ,
- dis cards ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis-card ,
- dis-carded ,
- dis-carding ,
- dis-cards ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- kissed off ,
- kisses off ,
- kissing off ,
- laughed away ,
- laughing away ,
- laughs away ,
- laying aside ,
- poohpooh ,
- re legate ,
- re legates ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-legate ,
- re-legates ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- sets aside .
- co oped ,
- co oping ,
- co-oped ,
- co-oping ,
- in vest ,
- in vested ,
- in vests ,
- in-vest ,
- in-vested ,
- in-vesting ,
- in-vests ,
- over laid ,
- over lay ,
- over laying ,
- over lays ,
- over spreading ,
- over spreads ,
- over-laid ,
- over-lay ,
- over-laying ,
- over-lays ,
- over-spread ,
- over-spreading ,
- over-spreads ,
- shuts in ,
- shutting in ,
- super impose ,
- super imposed ,
- super imposes ,
- super imposing ,
- super-impose ,
- super-imposes ,
- super-imposing .
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out raging ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- thumbed nose at ,
- thumbing nose at ,
- thumbs nose at .
- cut quick ,
- cut the quick ,
- cut to quick ,
- cuts quick ,
- cuts the quick ,
- cuts to quick ,
- cuts to the quick ,
- cutting quick ,
- cutting the quick ,
- cutting to quick ,
- cutting to the quick ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis oblige ,
- dis obliged ,
- dis obliges ,
- dis obliging ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- dis-oblige ,
- dis-obliged ,
- dis-obliges ,
- dis-obliging ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- re vile ,
- re-vile ,
- step on one toes ,
- step on ones toes ,
- step on toes ,
- step one toes ,
- step one's toes ,
- step ones toes ,
- step toes ,
- stepped on one toes ,
- stepped on one's toes ,
- stepped on ones toes ,
- stepped on toes ,
- stepped one toes ,
- stepped one's toes ,
- stepped ones toes ,
- stepped toes ,
- stepping on one toes ,
- stepping on one's toes ,
- stepping on ones toes ,
- stepping on toes ,
- stepping one toes ,
- stepping one's toes ,
- stepping ones toes ,
- stepping toes ,
- steps on one toes ,
- steps on one's toes ,
- steps on ones toes ,
- steps on toes ,
- steps one toes ,
- steps one's toes ,
- steps ones toes ,
- steps toes ,
- under estimate ,
- under estimated ,
- under estimates ,
- under estimating ,
- under-estimate ,
- under-estimated ,
- under-estimating .
- Arcked ,
- Arcking ,
- curved around ,
- curves around ,
- curving around ,
- ties together ,
- winded around ,
- winds around ,
- wound around .
- co ached ,
- co aching ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-ached ,
- co-aching ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- dis pose ,
- dis posed ,
- dis posing ,
- dis-pose ,
- dis-posed ,
- dis-posing ,
- end owed ,
- end owing ,
- end-owed ,
- end-owing ,
- fits out ,
- laid groundwork ,
- laid the groundwork ,
- lay groundwork ,
- laying groundwork ,
- laying the groundwork ,
- lays groundwork ,
- lays the groundwork ,
- made provision ,
- makes provision ,
- making provision ,
- pre pare ,
- pre pared ,
- pre pares ,
- pre paring ,
- pre-pare ,
- pre-pared ,
- pre-pares ,
- pre-paring ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- put order ,
- puts order ,
- putting order ,
- smooth way ,
- smoothed the way ,
- smoothed way ,
- smoothing the way ,
- smoothing way ,
- smooths the way ,
- smooths way .
- gat ready ,
- gat set ,
- gearing up ,
- gears up ,
- gets ready ,
- gets set ,
- getting set ,
- got set ,
- gotten ready ,
- gotten set ,
- keeping posted ,
- keeps posted ,
- lets in on ,
- letted in on ,
- letting in on ,
- pave way ,
- paved the way ,
- paved way ,
- paves the way ,
- paves way ,
- paving the way ,
- paving way ,
- psyching up ,
- psychs up ,
- puts on to ,
- puts to ,
- putting on to ,
- putting to ,
- re adies ,
- re-adies ,
- wises up ,
- wising up .
- in close ,
- in closed ,
- in closes ,
- in closing ,
- in-close ,
- in-closed ,
- in-closes ,
- in-closing ,
- moves around ,
- moving around .
- be littles ,
- be-little ,
- be-littles ,
- curl lip at ,
- curl one lip at ,
- curl ones lip at ,
- curled lip at ,
- curled one lip at ,
- curled one's lip at ,
- curled ones lip at ,
- curling lip at ,
- curling one lip at ,
- curling one's lip at ,
- curling ones lip at ,
- curls lip at ,
- curls one lip at ,
- curls one's lip at ,
- curls ones lip at ,
- de cried ,
- de cries ,
- de cry ,
- de crying ,
- de tract ,
- de tracts ,
- de-cried ,
- de-cries ,
- de-cry ,
- de-crying ,
- de-tract ,
- de-tracts ,
- gave bronx cheer ,
- gives bronx cheer ,
- giving bronx cheer ,
- held contempt ,
- held in contempt ,
- held ridicule ,
- held to ridicule ,
- held up ridicule ,
- held up to ridicule ,
- hold contempt ,
- hold ridicule ,
- hold to ridicule ,
- hold up ridicule ,
- holding contempt ,
- holding in contempt ,
- holding ridicule ,
- holding to ridicule ,
- holding up ridicule ,
- holding up to ridicule ,
- holds contempt ,
- holds in contempt ,
- holds ridicule ,
- holds to ridicule ,
- holds up ridicule ,
- holds up to ridicule ,
- looked down on ,
- quipped at ,
- quipping at ,
- quips at ,
- ranked out ,
- ranking out ,
- ranks out ,
- sniffed at ,
- sniffing at ,
- sniffs at ,
- turn nose ,
- turn one nose ,
- turn one's nose ,
- turn ones nose ,
- turn up nose ,
- turn up one nose ,
- turn up ones nose ,
- turned nose ,
- turned one nose ,
- turned one's nose ,
- turned ones nose ,
- turned up nose ,
- turned up one nose ,
- turned up one's nose ,
- turned up ones nose ,
- turning nose ,
- turning one nose ,
- turning one's nose ,
- turning ones nose ,
- turning up nose ,
- turning up one nose ,
- turning up one's nose ,
- turning up ones nose ,
- turns nose ,
- turns one nose ,
- turns one's nose ,
- turns ones nose ,
- turns up nose ,
- turns up one nose ,
- turns up one's nose ,
- turns up ones nose ,
- under rate ,
- under rated ,
- under rates ,
- under rating ,
- under-rate ,
- under-rated ,
- under-rates ,
- under-rating .
- curl lip ,
- curl one lip ,
- curl ones lip ,
- curled lip ,
- curled one lip ,
- curled one's lip ,
- curled ones lip ,
- curling lip ,
- curling one lip ,
- curling one's lip ,
- curling ones lip ,
- curls lip ,
- curls one lip ,
- curls one's lip ,
- curls ones lip .
- in spirit ,
- in spirited ,
- in spiriting ,
- in-spirit ,
- in-spirited ,
- in-spiriting ,
- in-spirits ,
- made mind ,
- made one mind ,
- made one's mind ,
- made ones mind ,
- made up mind ,
- made up one mind ,
- made up one's mind ,
- made up ones mind ,
- make mind ,
- make one mind ,
- make one's mind ,
- make ones mind ,
- make up one mind ,
- make up ones mind ,
- makes mind ,
- makes one mind ,
- makes one's mind ,
- makes ones mind ,
- makes up mind ,
- makes up one mind ,
- makes up one's mind ,
- makes up ones mind ,
- making mind ,
- making one mind ,
- making one's mind ,
- making ones mind ,
- making up mind ,
- making up one mind ,
- making up ones mind .
- braced up ,
- braces up ,
- bracing up ,
- enheartened ,
- enheartening ,
- enheartens ,
- gathered resources ,
- gathering resources ,
- gathers resources ,
- gave weight ,
- gives weight ,
- giving weight ,
- re freshes ,
- re store ,
- re stored ,
- re stores ,
- re storing ,
- re-fresh ,
- re-freshes ,
- re-stored ,
- re-stores ,
- re-storing .
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- boxed in ,
- boxing in ,
- closed around ,
- closed on ,
- closes around ,
- closes in ,
- closes on ,
- closing around ,
- closing on ,
- enclaving ,
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- laid siege to ,
- laying siege to ,
- lays siege to ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- sur rounded ,
- sur rounding ,
- sur-rounded ,
- sur-rounding .
Other synonyms:
- brace .
- beset .
- band .
Other relevant words:
- Bulwarked ,
- Bulwarking ,
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Cinctured ,
- Circumduct ,
- Ensphere ,
- Flanked ,
- Flanking ,
- Fleer ,
- Fleered ,
- Fleering ,
- Fringing ,
- Garrisoned ,
- Garrisoning ,
- Girdled ,
- Girdling ,
- Inclosed ,
- Inclosing ,
- Jollies ,
- Lampooned ,
- Margined ,
- PREPS ,
- Propping ,
- Ragging ,
- Rimming ,
- Shrouded ,
- Sneered ,
- arcing ,
- arm ,
- be little ,
- be set ,
- begird ,
- blistered ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- box in ,
- boxes in ,
- charge up ,
- charged up ,
- circle ,
- circuited ,
- circuiting ,
- clear decks ,
- close around ,
- close in ,
- close in on ,
- close on ,
- closed in ,
- closed in on ,
- closes in on ,
- closing in ,
- closing in on ,
- curl one's lip at ,
- curve around ,
- cut to the quick ,
- define ,
- dismiss ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- encircled ,
- enclave ,
- enclaved ,
- enclaves ,
- encompass ,
- engulf ,
- enshrouded ,
- ensphered ,
- envelop ,
- environ ,
- enwrap ,
- equalize ,
- fence in ,
- fenced in ,
- flout ,
- fortify ,
- funned ,
- funning ,
- gear up ,
- geared up ,
- get ready ,
- get set ,
- getting ready ,
- got ready ,
- grit teeth ,
- guard ,
- guarding ,
- gyred ,
- gyring ,
- heel ,
- heel up ,
- hem in ,
- hold in contempt ,
- hold up to ridicule ,
- in spirits ,
- inclose ,
- incloses ,
- insult ,
- jest ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- jollied ,
- jollying ,
- keep posted ,
- kept posted ,
- lay siege to ,
- leer ,
- let in on ,
- load up ,
- loaded up ,
- loop ,
- lug iron ,
- made ready ,
- make ready ,
- make up mind ,
- make up one's mind ,
- making ready ,
- making up one's mind ,
- margining ,
- mark out ,
- marking out ,
- mill around ,
- milled around ,
- move around ,
- moved around ,
- over spread ,
- overspread ,
- overspreading ,
- overspreads ,
- pack a rod ,
- pave the way ,
- prep ,
- prepare ,
- prepped ,
- prepping ,
- psych up ,
- psyched up ,
- punch up ,
- put on to ,
- put to ,
- quip at ,
- rank out ,
- razzed ,
- readies ,
- revolve ,
- revolved ,
- rimmed ,
- ringing ,
- rod up ,
- round ,
- rung ,
- seal off ,
- sealed off ,
- sealing off ,
- seals off ,
- set bounds to ,
- sheathe ,
- shore up ,
- shored up ,
- shoring up ,
- shrouding ,
- shut in ,
- sneer ,
- sniff at ,
- soup up ,
- souped up ,
- spiraled ,
- spiraling ,
- spiralled ,
- spiralling ,
- spoofed ,
- spoofing ,
- stake out ,
- staking out ,
- steadied ,
- steadies ,
- steady ,
- steadying ,
- steel ,
- step on one's toes ,
- strengthen ,
- super-imposed ,
- surround ,
- tie together ,
- tied together ,
- turn up one's nose ,
- tying together ,
- under-estimates ,
- wall in ,
- wheeled ,
- wind about ,
- wind around ,
- winding around ,
- wise up .
- Repulsing ,
- Ridiculed ,
- Shelving ,
- jeer ,
- kiss off ,
- laid aside ,
- laugh away ,
- lay aside ,
- lays aside ,
- pooh pooh ,
- set aside ,
- setting aside .
- ring .
- girt .
- Caked ,
- Caking ,
- Calcified ,
- Calcifying ,
- Fossilizing ,
- Starched ,
- Starching ,
- calcify ,
- calloused ,
- callouses ,
- callousing ,
- curdled ,
- curdling ,
- densify ,
- firmed ,
- firming ,
- fossilize ,
- fossilized ,
- fossilizes ,
- harden ,
- indurate ,
- toughen ,
- vitrified ,
- vitrify .
- Accouple ,
- Encincture ,
- Gleek ,
- Refect ,
- ache ,
- address ,
- affix ,
- affront ,
- almost ,
- amplify ,
- approximately ,
- around ,
- attach ,
- audacity ,
- bandage ,
- banter ,
- barb ,
- barrack ,
- be around ,
- beef up ,
- belay ,
- belt ,
- belt in ,
- bend ,
- besiege ,
- bind ,
- bind up ,
- block ,
- blockade ,
- bolster ,
- boo ,
- brace up ,
- bracket ,
- braid ,
- brickbat ,
- bridge over ,
- buckle ,
- build ,
- build up ,
- bundle ,
- burlesque ,
- button ,
- buttress ,
- chain ,
- cheek ,
- cinch ,
- circumscribe ,
- circumvent ,
- clinch ,
- clothe ,
- combat ,
- confine ,
- confirm ,
- contempt ,
- couple ,
- cover ,
- cut ,
- dart ,
- deaden ,
- defend ,
- defense ,
- deride ,
- derision ,
- develop ,
- dig ,
- dis ,
- dispose ,
- do up ,
- edge ,
- educate ,
- embrace ,
- enfold ,
- epithet ,
- equip ,
- expand ,
- face ,
- fasten ,
- fetter ,
- fix ,
- fool ,
- fort ,
- fun at ,
- furnish ,
- gibe ,
- giggle ,
- girdle ,
- girth ,
- grapple ,
- grow ,
- guardian ,
- handle ,
- harness ,
- hasp ,
- have a fling at ,
- hiss ,
- hitch ,
- hold in ,
- hook ,
- hoops ,
- hoot ,
- impertinence ,
- indignity ,
- invigorate ,
- irony ,
- jape ,
- jibe ,
- knit ,
- lace ,
- lap ,
- lash ,
- latch ,
- laugh at ,
- learn ,
- leash ,
- lie around ,
- link ,
- lock ,
- make fast ,
- make fun of ,
- make game of ,
- marry ,
- mob ,
- mock ,
- mockery ,
- moor ,
- most ,
- name ,
- nerve ,
- niggle ,
- offense ,
- outrage ,
- pang ,
- pen ,
- personality ,
- pester ,
- picket ,
- pinch ,
- pinion ,
- poke ,
- poke fun at ,
- prepare oneself ,
- prepared ,
- progress ,
- prop ,
- protection ,
- put on ,
- put-down ,
- quip ,
- rail at ,
- rally ,
- ramp up ,
- ready ,
- recruit ,
- reenforce ,
- refresh ,
- reinforce ,
- reinvigorate ,
- restore ,
- restrain ,
- restrengthen ,
- revile ,
- ridicule ,
- roast ,
- rope ,
- roughly ,
- sarcasm ,
- scoff ,
- scoff at ,
- scorn ,
- scout ,
- screw up ,
- secure ,
- set at naught ,
- set up ,
- sew ,
- shield ,
- shore ,
- skirt ,
- slap ,
- slight ,
- slur ,
- smoke ,
- sneer at ,
- snicker ,
- snigger ,
- span ,
- spike ,
- splice ,
- stay ,
- stiffen ,
- sting ,
- stitch ,
- strap ,
- string ,
- support ,
- sustain ,
- swaddle ,
- swathe ,
- tack ,
- tackle ,
- tat ,
- taunt ,
- temper ,
- tether ,
- tie ,
- tie up ,
- tighten ,
- trifle with ,
- truss ,
- twine ,
- twinge ,
- twist ,
- twit ,
- twitch ,
- undergird ,
- vivify ,
- watchman ,
- wed ,
- wind ,
- wire ,
- work up ,
- wrap ,
- wrap up ,
- yoke ,
- zone .
- fit out ,
- fitting out ,
- lay the groundwork ,
- make provision ,
- put in order ,
- puts in order ,
- putting in order ,
- smooth the way ,
- warm up ,
- warmed up ,
- warming up ,
- warms up .
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How to use "Gird" in context?
1. girding oneself for battle is an ancient tradition that has been practiced by many cultures throughout the world. The act of girding oneself signifies readiness and determination, and is a sign of respect to one's opponent.
2. In martial arts, girding oneself can refer to preparing mentally and physically for an upcoming event. It involves making sure all body parts are coordinated, strengthening vital areas, and practicing relaxation techniques.
3. When it comes to clothing, girding oneself can involve selecting the appropriate gear for the particular weather conditions.
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