Dictionary Entry
gird
gird is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, verb, intransitive verb, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
- 2noun
A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
- 3verb
To strike; to smite.
- 4verb
To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
- 5intransitive verb
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
- 6transitive verb
To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
- 7transitive verb
To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
- 8transitive verb
To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
- 9transitive verb
To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
- 10transitive verb
To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
- 11verb
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"
- 12verb
bind with something round or circular
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- 13verb
put a girdle on or around
"gird your loins"
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