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How to pronounce gird in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms encircle
Type of bind
Has types hoop
Type Words
Synonyms girdle
Type of border, surround, ring, skirt, environ


gird your loins.
Type Words
Synonyms arm, build up, fortify
Has types re-arm, forearm, rearm


The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East.

Examples of gird

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Early shoppers can gird for battle by loading up at the daily breakfast buffet.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I think we'd better gird ourselves for the possibility of Trott digging in again.
From the guardian.co.uk
It also comes as opposition protesters gird for planned demonstrations on Feb. 11.
From the online.wsj.com
They gird their boys with the sacred thread at the age of seven to nine years.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So he tells the group members to gird for a brief but restorative session of mirth.
From the sacbee.com
After a brief downhill, gird yourself for seven-tenths of a mile of solid climbing.
From the sacbee.com
So enjoy that post-freak-out cuddle, and gird yourself for the next round.
From the us.cnn.com
Schwarzenegger needs to gird himself and focus on the budget rather than showmanship.
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Now gird yourself for financial reform and the perils of bipartisan blight.
From the huffingtonpost.com
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  • Arm: 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"
  • Girdle: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"
  • Bind with something round or circular
  • Gird (also can be known as Gopasetra in ancient times, or Gwalior region later) is a region of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bhind, Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, and Shivpuri. Gwalior is the largest city in the region, and its historic center.
  • Gird (also can be known as Gopasetra in ancient times, or Gwalior region later) is a region of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bhind, Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, and Shivpuri. Gwalior is the largest city in the region, and its historic center.
  • In geometry, the great rhombidodecahedron is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U73. Its vertex figure is a crossed quadrilateral.
  • A sarcastic remark; To bind with a flexible rope or cord; To encircle with, or as if with a belt
  • (GIRDS) (girdis), girths of a horse.
  • V. To encircle, bind, or surround