gird
verb (literary)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they gird | |
he / she / it girds | |
past simple girded | |
past participle girded | |
-ing form girding |
- gird somebody/something (with something)
to surround something with something; to fasten something around somebody/something 束紧;系上;捆上;缠上 Word OriginOld English gyrdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gorden and German gürten, also to girdle and girth.