Gird

Verb

 * 1)  To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
 * The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
 * 1)  To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
 * The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.
 * Our home is girt by sea... - Advance Australia Fair

Noun

 * 1) A sarcastic remark.

Verb

 * 1)  To jeer at.
 * 2)  To jeer.

Synonyms for Gird
secure, bind, strap, encircle, surround, fortify, support, endow, girdle, clothe, equip, invest, furnish, arm.

Antonyms for Gird
loosen, untie, release, strip, divest.

Related terms

 * girder
 * girdle
 * gird up one’s loins
 * girt
 * undergird

Thesaurus
band, bandage, beef up, begird, belt, belt in, bend, beset, bind, bind up, bolster, brace, brace up, bundle, buttress, case harden, chain, cinch, cincture, circle, confirm, dispose, do up, encincture, encircle, encompass, engird, ensphere, fleer, flout, forearm, fortify, gibe, girdle, girt, girth, harden, hem, invigorate, jeer, jest, lace, lash, leash, loop, nerve, prepare, prop, ready, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, restrengthen, ring, rope, round, shore up, sneer, splice, steel, stiffen, strap, strengthen, support, sustain, swaddle, swathe, temper, tie, tie up, toughen, truss, twine around, undergird, whet the knife, wire, wrap, wrap up, wreathe, wreathe around, zone

Etymology
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Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: allaciare


 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ((as if) with a belt);  (surround)
 * French:  ceinturer  enserrer
 * Italian: cinturare


 * Russian: подпоясывать, подпоясать , окружать, огораживать, окаймлять, охватывать, опоясывать
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * Finnish: vinoilu


 * Russian: насмешка

Verb

 * Russian: насмехаться


 * Russian: насмехаться

Anagrams

 * grid, GRID