gird

gird has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
• n.. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
• v.. To strike; to smite.
• v.. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
• v. i.. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
• v. t.. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
• v. t.. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
• v. t.. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
• v. t.. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
• v. t.. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
• v.. prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
• v.. bind with something round or circular