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

1. noun. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
2. noun. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
3. verb. To strike; to smite.
4. verb. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
5. intransitive verb. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
6. transitive verb. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
7. transitive verb. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
8. transitive verb. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
9. transitive verb. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
10. transitive verb. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
11. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: arm, fortify

12. verb. bind with something round or circular

    Synonyms: encircle

13. verb. put a girdle on or around

    "gird your loins"

    Synonyms: girdle

Synonyms

arm, fortify, encircle, girdle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gird:

grid

Common word forms

girds, girded, girder, girding

Words from these letters

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