All straightway gird them to the feast. These flay / the ribs and thighs, and lay the entrails bare. / Those slice the flesh, and split the quivering prey, / and tend the fires and set the cauldrons in array.
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Gird
//ɡɜːd//
Synonyms for "gird" (107 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ζώννυμι verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- ζώννυμι verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Bulgarian
4 entries- присмех noun (sarcastic remark)
- запасвам verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- надсмивам се verb (To jeer at)
- надсмивам се verb (To jeer)
Czech
4 entries- posměšek noun (sarcastic remark)
- pošklebek noun (sarcastic remark)
- nachystat se verb (to prepare oneself)
- obklopit verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Finnish
4 entries- vinoilu noun (sarcastic remark)
- sitoa verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- vyöttää verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- ympäröidä verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
French
1 entries- lier ceindre garrotter ligaturer verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
Georgian
4 entries- გარშემორტყმა verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- გარშემოხვევა verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- დაცინვა verb (To jeer at)
- დაცინვა verb (To jeer)
German
4 entries- anbinden verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- angurten verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- rüsten verb (to prepare oneself)
- umringen verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Irish
1 entries- timpeallaigh verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Italian
2 entries- cinturare cingere circondare verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- legare allaciare verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
Latin
1 entries- balteō verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Māori
3 entries- rāpaki verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- whawhe verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- whītiki verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صارمق verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Russian
4 entries- насме́шка noun (sarcastic remark)
- насмехаться verb (To jeer at)
- насмехаться verb (To jeer)
- огораживать verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Spanish
4 entries- aprestarse verb (to prepare oneself)
- atar verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- cercar verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
- ceñir verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Swedish
4 entries- pik noun (sarcastic remark)
- binda verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- bunta verb (to bind with a flexible rope or cord)
- omgjorda verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Ukrainian
1 entries- підперізувати verb (to encircle with, or as if with a belt)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
"Then, too, the boy Ascanius, named of late / Iulus (Ilus was he in the day / when firm by royalty stood Ilium's state) / shall rule till thirty years complete the destined date. / He from Lavinium shall remove his seat, / and gird Long Alba for defence."
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"But ne'er the town, by Destiny assigned, / your walls shall gird, till famine's pangs constrain / to gnaw your boards, in quittance for our slain."
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And thus you shall eat it: you shall gird your reins, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat in haste; for it is the Phase (that is the Passage) of the Lord.
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