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girdsnounpl. of gird an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelingsin her farewell speech, the departing governor got in some retaliatory girds at the media affronts, barbs, brickbats, cuts, darts, digs, dises(also disses, slang), epithets, indignities, insults, names, offenses(or offences), outrages, personalities, pokes, put-downs, sarcasms, slaps, slights, slurs catcalls, gibes(or jibes), jeers, mocks, quips, sneers, tauntsabuses, invectives, vituperationsdisapprovals, opprobriumsdisgraces, dishonors, shamesattacks, criticisms, knocks, slams, swipestorments, tortures accolades, commendations, complimentsacclaim, applauses, praisesadulations, flatteries girdsverbpresent tense third-person singular of girdto encircle or bind with or as if with a beltfor the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons she girded her waist with a delicate sash bands, begirds, belts, engirdles, engirds(archaic), enwinds, girdles, girths, girts, wraps ties up, trussescircles, enwreathes, loops, winds, wreathesbandages, enswathes, swatheschains, cords, enchains, lashes, ropes, shackles, tapes, wires ungirds, unwraps unbinds, unlashes, unshackles, unties, unwinds to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activitythe Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield accoutres(or accouters), equips, fits (out), furnishes, kits (up or out)(chiefly British), outfits, provisions, rigs, supplies stocks, storesbestows, contributes, donates, gives, presentsapportions, deals (out), dispenses, distributes, doles out, hands out, metes (out), parcels (out), portions, proratesallocates, allots, assignsarms, fortifies, preparesreequips, refits, refurnishes, reoutfits deprives, dispossesses, divests, strips to form a circle arounda tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes circles, compasses, embraces, encircles, encloses(also incloses), encompasses, environs, girdles, rings, surrounds, wreathes circumscribes, closes in, cordons (off), fences (in), hems (in), wallsbesets, besieges, entrenches(also intrenches), invests, swarms |