MEANING
1. To surround or fasten something around a body or object.
2. To ready oneself for an effort or challenge.
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Words that belong together
- gird with a belt
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She girded herself with a belt.
A stone wall girded the settlement.
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Word forms
- Base
- gird
- Past tense
- girded
- Past participle
- girded
- Present participle
- girding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- gird
- Present continuous
- am/is/are girding
- Present perfect
- have/has girded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been girding
- Past
- girded
- Past continuous
- was/were girding
- Past perfect
- had girded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been girding
- Future
- will gird
- Future continuous
- will be girding
- Future perfect
- will have girded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been girding
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: gird; girds; girded; girded; girding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: girds.
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