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Definitions for Girded

[1] to encircle or bind with a belt or band.
[2] to surround; enclose; hem in.
[3] to prepare (oneself) for action: He girded himself for the trial ahead.
[4] to provide, equip, or invest, as with power or strength.
[5] to gibe; jeer (usually followed by at ).
[6] to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
[7] a gibe.
[8] to put a belt, girdle, etc, around (the waist or hips)
[9] to bind or secure with or as if with a belt to gird on one's armour
[10] to surround; encircle
[11] to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird (up ) one's loins )
[12] to endow with a rank, attribute, etc, esp knighthood
[13] (when intr, foll by at ) to jeer (at someone); mock
[14] (tr) to strike (a blow at someone)
[15] (intr) to move at high speed
[16] a blow or stroke a taunt; gibe
[17] a display of bad temper or anger (esp in the phrases in a gird; throw a gird )
[18] Scot a hoop, esp a child's hoop Also: girr

Words related to Girded

girdbrace, secure, buttress, reinforce, fortify, ready, ring, encompass, belt, bolster, prepare, support, enclose, pen, circle, blockade, steel, enfold, band, girdle

Words nearby Girded

girdgirandole, girard, girasol, giraud, giraudoux, gird, gird one's loins, girder, girdle, girdle anesthesia, girdle sensation

Origin of Girded

21175–1225; Middle English gyrd a stroke, blow, hence a cutting remark, derivative of girden to strike, smite < ?

Other words from Girded

gird·ing·ly , adverb
gird·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Girded

a Scot variant of girth

Synonyms for Girded

brace, band, belt, bind, block, blockade, bolster, buttress, circle, enclose, encompass, enfold, environ, fasten, fortify, girdle, pen, prepare, ready, reinforce, ring, round, secure, steel, support, surround, cincture, hem in, make ready