gird

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To encircle with a belt or band.
2. v. To fasten or secure (clothing, for example) with a belt or band.
3. v. To surround. See Synonyms at surround.
4. v. To equip or endow.
5. v. To prepare (oneself) for action.
6. v. To prepare for action: "Men still spoke of peace but girded more sternly for war” ( W. Bruce Lincoln).
7. idiom. gird (up) (one's) loins To summon up one's inner resources in preparation for action.
8. v. To jeer or jeer at.
9. n. A sarcastic remark.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To bind or confine by encircling with any flexible material, as a cord, bandage, or cloth: as, to gird waist with a sash.
2. To make fast by binding; put on by tying or fastening: usually with on: to gird on a sword.
3. To surround; encircle; encompass; inclose.
4. To invest; clothe; dress; furnish; endue.
5. Hence— Figuratively, to brace the mind or spirit for any effort or trial.
6. n. A hoop, especially one for a barrel, tub, or the like.
7. To strike; smite.
8. To lash with the tongue; gibe; reproach severely; taunt; upbraid.
9. To leap or spring with violence; rush.
10. To gibe; jeer; mock.
11. n. A stroke with a switch or whip; hence, a twinge or pang.
12. n. A short sudden effort; a spurt.
13. n. A sneer; a gibe; a taunt; a stroke of sarcasm.
14. n. Twist, used for binding together the fibers of yarn in the process of spinning.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
2. v. transitive To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
3. n. A sarcastic remark.
4. v. transitive To jeer at.
5. v. intransitive To jeer.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
2. n. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
3. v. obsolete To strike; to smite.
4. v. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
5. v. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
6. v. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
7. v. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
8. v. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
9. v. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
10. v. To prepare; to make ready; to equip.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
2. v. put a girdle on or around
3. v. bind with something round or circular