as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
in her farewell speech, the departing governor got in some retaliatory girds at the media
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as in wraps
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
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as in equips
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield
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as in surrounds
to form a circle around
a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes
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Recent Examples of girds
Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling rebuked a Northwest Side alderman who expressed skepticism this week about Chicago’s year-over-year crime declines as the city girds itself ahead of a possible deployment of National Guard troops.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girds
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Young Thug wasn’t the only target, however, as his girlfriend, Mariah The Scientist, also caught a few shots for entertaining Thugger’s insults over the phone.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Egyptian influencers linked to intelligence fronts launched vicious personal attacks, including ethnic slurs, against the Saudi royal family and graphic insults targeting the crown prince.—
Khaled Hassan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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According to the report, Google is also experimenting with dynamic text that wraps around objects in the cover photo.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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There are plans to include the women’s team’s history in the club timeline that currently wraps around the stadium, while experimental activations are already in place, including pre-match face painters, a mobile gaming van, balloon artists, a disc jockey and cheaper refreshments.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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One of the flagship offerings, Know Yourself, Grow Yourself (Self-Awareness), equips leaders to recognize their own tendencies, blind spots, and strengths before moving on to the complexities of leading others.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This equips and inspires boys to help other young men around them develop their own sense of self-acceptance.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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These actions reduce the mystery that surrounds technology and help employees see it as an ally for workplace innovation.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Others are greedily consuming matter that surrounds them in a flattened, swirling cloud called an accretion disk.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The civil-rights movement, which Williams so pointedly admires, furnishes an excellent example of this.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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To that end, the university’s Basic Needs Services office, which furnishes a variety of programs and support to help Titans experiencing unforeseen financial hardship, is offering Financial Wellness Peer Mentoring.—
Contributing Writer,
Orange County Register,
14 Feb. 2025
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Each element encircles a central void, which Robertson describes as symbolic thresholds–portals between identities, spaces, and ideas.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Of course, the vote passes and the Imperial Fleet encircles the planet, all according to plan.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
9 Aug. 2025
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Basin Glacial Waters is surrounded by sweeping views of the rugged Canadian Rockies and Victoria Glacier, the lake’s source that also supplies the spa’s wate.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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The river also serves Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes, produces hydropower, and supplies water to farms that grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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This shame campaign, of course, is unlikely to put a dent in the NFL’s bottom line, just as previous outrages have failed to rattle this juggernaut, still the largest professional athletic league in the world by revenue.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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As a result of that and other outrages, in 2008 voters passed Proposition 11, the Voters FIRST Act.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Girds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girds. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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