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How do you use Gird in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like surround or encircle, plus the exact meaning.

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Gird in a sentence

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Gird | Girdle | Girders | Girder | Girdles | Girdler | Girding | Girded | Girds

Gird meaning

  1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  3. To prepare (oneself) for an action.

Synonyms of Gird

surround encircle girdle ring round circle environ begird girt girth disarm fortify build up arm skirt

Related words

Other words often associated with Gird or its synonyms:

band hold carry bear shape contain form move lap strip alter stays

Using Gird

  • The main meaning on this page is: To bind with a flexible rope or cord. | To encircle with, or as if with a belt. | To prepare (oneself) for an action.
  • Useful related words include: surround, encircle, girdle, ring.
  • In the example corpus, gird often appears in combinations such as: to gird, gird themselves.

Context around Gird

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

man 1× markets 1× boldly 1× help 1× infiltration 1×

Often after:

themselves 2× thy 1× ourselves 1× himself 1×

Sentence patterns with Gird

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

also help gird the white 1× as markets gird for the 1× chief of gird s 3rd 1× counter infiltration gird to foil 1× engine the gird 04 was 1× every man gird himself once 1× forth boldly gird our loins 1× gird point lookout 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but these days 1× cipollone could also 1× following from that 1× gird point lookout 1× gird thy loins 1× gird up your 1×

Common sentence endings:

a reading experience 1× an artillery cannon 1× and are past 1× and be armed 1× assessments next year 1× dearest gentle readers 1×

Words around Gird

Just before it in the word index:

girault 4 giraud 8 giratina 3 girardot 2 girardin 6 girardi 40

Just after it in the word index:

girdawari 2 girded 6 girder 28 girders 37 girdhar 2 girding 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaditya 23 aardman 23 abbo 23 aberg 23 aboitiz 23 abovementioned 23

Corpus analysis for Gird

  • In this selection, "gird" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, man, markets, boldly, themselves, thy and ourselves stand out and add context to how "gird" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include also help gird the white and as markets gird for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gird" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gird

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Gird thy loins, dearest gentle readers. (6 words)

Prep your wallets and gird your longboxes, folks. (8 words)

Gird Point Lookout, surrounded by snow east of Hamilton. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past. (48 words)

Following from that, it is also an opportunity for us to gird ourselves and each other in preparation for the hard choices and difficult bargains that are the price of nation-building in a time of global crises. (38 words)

Sue’s,” the author, who attended The Webb School in Bell Buckle, says not to worry, the book is mostly giddy, so readers won't have to gird themselves for too traumatic of a reading experience. (36 words)

Example sentences (16)

Prep your wallets and gird your longboxes, folks.

Gird thy loins, dearest gentle readers.

Following from that, it is also an opportunity for us to gird ourselves and each other in preparation for the hard choices and difficult bargains that are the price of nation-building in a time of global crises.

Sue’s,” the author, who attended The Webb School in Bell Buckle, says not to worry, the book is mostly giddy, so readers won't have to gird themselves for too traumatic of a reading experience.

Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

Wall Street suffered its worst week and month since March on Friday with another losing session as markets gird for the US elections amid worries over rising coronavirus cases.

We need to go forth boldly, gird our loins (or whatever) and be armed.

But these days it’s also about generating tangible and intangible synergies to gird against disruption.

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Cipollone could also help gird the White House for a potential Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives following the upcoming November midterm elections.

Gird Point Lookout, surrounded by snow east of Hamilton.

Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead.

Here’s a fair warning: Property owners should gird themselves now for a double-digit increase in assessments next year.

The troops have intensified vigil along the LoC and strengthened the counter-infiltration gird to foil the infiltration.

The first engine, the GIRD-04, was designed by I.A. Merkulov and tested in April 1933.

The GIRD-08 phosphorus-fueled ramjet was tested by firing it from an artillery cannon.

Yuri Pobedonostsev, chief of GIRD 's 3rd Brigade, carried out a great deal of research into ramjet engines.

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Common combinations with gird

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gird" in a sentence?
An example: "Prep your wallets and gird your longboxes, folks." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gird" from authentic English texts.
What does "gird" mean?
Gird means: To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
What are synonyms of "gird"?
Common synonyms of "gird" include: surround, encircle, girdle, ring, round, circle, environ, begird. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "gird" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gird", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.