Used in a Sentence

gird

How to use gird in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for gird.

Editorial note

I have more recent books, but this is the one that taught me to gird my coding loins for a fight.

Examples12
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gird gathered in one view.

verb

prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

verb

put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"

verb

bind with something round or circular

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gird.

verb

prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

verb

put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"

verb

bind with something round or circular

Example sentences

1

I have more recent books, but this is the one that taught me to gird my coding loins for a fight.

2

For kicks I am going to over clock and need to know if I should gird my loins for delidding.

3

But if you're going to go DIY, just gird yourself for a miserable user experience.

4

He was pointing out the typo in an article about quality - gird versus grid.

5

Or if they wanted to gird their loins / show their work a bit more, maybe something like 'scammers with Indian IP addresses.

6

If we try to use batteries for gird storage we're going to experience a battery shock in the same vein as the oil shock.

7

Even if you don't intend to switch off the gird - you can easily power your notebooks/cell phones from solar power.

8

We must gird our loins to encounter the Nemesis of seven centuries’ misgovernment.

9

If the UK suddenly replaced all cars with EVs then the electric gird would be lagging behind which drags down EVs more than necessary.

10

Pushing technology forward eventually encounters politics and it's interesting to watch these firms gird up for that battle.

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I recently was trying to make a huge gird in Photoshop and my i7+10gbRAM computer was unable to handle it. I think very simple stuff like annotating and cropping/red-eye fix can be done but I think a web based photo editor will fail when huge performance is required.

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But once you learn the underlying concepts that gird Elixir, so many solutions that normally require queues/caching/back pressure/state machines/distributive architectures are all possible with Elixir itself.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gird in a sentence?

I have more recent books, but this is the one that taught me to gird my coding loins for a fight.

What does gird mean?

prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

What part of speech is gird?

gird is commonly used as verb.