| VERB | competition | gird, arm, build up, fortify | prepare oneself for a military confrontation |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | gird, girdle | put a girdle on or around | |
| contact | gird, encircle | bind with something round or circular |
| Sounds | ger'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd... | |
| Meaning | Prepare oneself for a military confrontation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East" | |
| Synonyms | arm, build up, fortify | |
| Narrower | forearm | Arm in advance of a confrontation |
| rearm, re-arm | Arm anew | |
| Opposite | disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise | Remove offensive capability from |
| Spanish | armarse, armar | |
| Catalan | armar-se, fortificar | |
| Meaning | Put a girdle on or around. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "gird your loins" | |
| Synonym | girdle | |
| Broader | surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously |
| Spanish | ceñir | |
| Meaning | Bind with something round or circular. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | encircle | |
| Narrower | hoop | Bind or fasten with a hoop |
| Broader | bind | make fast |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar | |
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