gird

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɜːd/
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• US: /ɡɝd/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
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• CMU ARPABET: G ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.

From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gherdh-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: присмех (prismeh) — sarcastic remark
• Czech: posměšek — sarcastic remark
• Czech: pošklebek — sarcastic remark
• Finnish: vinoilu — sarcastic remark
• Russian: насме́шка (nasméška) — sarcastic remark
• Swedish: pik — sarcastic remark
• Bulgarian: запасвам (zapasvam) — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Czech: opásat — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Finnish: sitoa — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• French: lier ceindre garrotter ligaturer — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Georgian: მიმაგრება (mimagreba) — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• German: angurten — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• German: anbinden — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Ancient Greek: ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi) — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Italian: legare allaciare — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Russian: связа́ть (svjazátʹ) — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Spanish: atar — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Spanish: ligar — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Swedish: binda — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Swedish: bunta — to bind with a flexible rope or cord
• Bulgarian: опасвам (opasvam) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Bulgarian: окръжавам (okrǎžavam) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Czech: obklopovat — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Czech: obklopit — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Finnish: vyöttää — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Finnish: ympäröidä — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Georgian: შემორტყმა (šemorṭq̇ma) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Georgian: გარშემოხვევა (garšemoxveva) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Georgian: გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• German: umringen — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Ancient Greek: ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Irish: timpeallaigh — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Italian: cinturare — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Italian: cingere circondare — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Latin: balteō — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Māori: whītiki — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Māori: rāpaki — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Māori: whawhe — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: подпоя́сывать (podpojásyvatʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: подпоя́сать (podpojásatʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: окружа́ть (okružátʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: огораживать (ogoraživatʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: окаймлять (okajmljatʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: охва́тывать (oxvátyvatʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Russian: опоя́сывать (opojásyvatʹ) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Spanish: ceñir — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Spanish: rodear — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Spanish: cercar — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Spanish: encerrar — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Swedish: spänna — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Swedish: omgärda — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Swedish: omgjorda — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Swedish: omringa — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Ottoman Turkish: صارمق (sarmak) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Ukrainian: підперізувати (pidperizuvaty) — to encircle with, or as if with a belt
• Czech: připravit se — to prepare oneself
• Czech: nachystat se — to prepare oneself
• German: rüsten — to prepare oneself
• Spanish: aprestarse — to prepare oneself
• Bulgarian: надсмивам се (nadsmivam se) — To jeer at
• Georgian: დაცინვა (dacinva) — To jeer at
• Georgian: მასხრად აგდება (masxrad agdeba) — To jeer at
• Russian: насмехаться (nasmexatʹsja) — To jeer at
• Bulgarian: надсмивам се (nadsmivam se) — To jeer
• Georgian: დაცინვა (dacinva) — To jeer
• Georgian: მასხრად აგდება (masxrad agdeba) — To jeer
• Russian: насмехаться (nasmexatʹsja) — To jeer