Entry Word: gird

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt <for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons> <she girded her waist with a delicate sash>

Synonyms band, belt, girdle, girt, girth, wrap

Related Words tie up, truss; circle, loop, wind, wreathe; bandage, swathe; chain, cord, enchain, lash, rope, shackle, tape, wire

Near Antonyms loose, loosen, unbind, unchain, undo, unfasten, unlash, untie, unwind

Antonyms unwrap

2 to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord <girded the stack of papers with twine> — see tie 1