GIRD (UP) ONE'S LOINS (OR GIRD ONESELF FOR SOMETHING)

Meaning of GIRD (UP) ONE'S LOINS (OR GIRD ONESELF FOR SOMETHING) in English

prepare and strengthen oneself for something difficult.

→ gird

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GIRD — cinter; (sneer) ricanar
English interlingue dictionary
GIRD — I. verb (~ed or girt; ~ing) see: yard Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to encircle or bind with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIRD — I. ˈgər]d, ˈgə̄], ˈgəi] verb ( girded ]də̇d ; also girt ]t, usu ]d.+V ; girded also girt ; girding …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIRD — (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
Английский словарь Webster
GIRD — (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
Английский словарь Webster
GIRD — (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
GIRD — ( v. t. ) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GIRD — gird 1 — girdingly , adv. /gerrd/ , v.t., girded or girt, girding . 1. to encircle or bind with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIRD — I. ˈgərd verb ( gird·ed ˈgər-dəd ; or girt ˈgərt ; gird·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gyrdan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIRD — noun a cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer. 2. gird ·vt to encircle or bind with any flexible …
Webster English vocab
GIRD — [gird] vb gird.ed or girt ; gird.ing [ME, fr. OE gyrdan; akin to OE geard yard--more at yard] vt (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIRD — gird BrE AmE ɡɜːd AmE ɡɝːd ▷ girded ˈɡɜːd ɪd -əd AmE ˈɡɝːd əd ▷ girding ˈɡɜːd ɪŋ AmE ˈɡɝːd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GIRD — / gɜːd; NAmE gɜːrd/ verb [ vn ] to surround sth with sth; to fasten sth around sb/sth • IDIOMS …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIRD — gird /ɡɜːd $ ɡɜːrd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle girded or girt /ɡɜːt $ ɡɜːrt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIRD — v.tr. (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1 encircle, attach, or secure with a belt or band. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIRD — v.tr. (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1 encircle, attach, or secure with a belt or band. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIRD — 1. v.tr. (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1 encircle, attach, or secure with a belt or band. …
Oxford English vocab
GIRD — ( girds, girding, girded) If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. ( LITERARY …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIRD — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN loin ▪ We're just unwinding before girding our loins for London. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIRD — [verb] [T] [past:] girded or girt old use - to tie something around (your body)The knights girded themselves for battle …
Cambridge English vocab
GIRD — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: BELT 1, band, begird, begirdle, cincture, encincture, engird, engirdle, girdle Antonyms: ungird 2 Synonyms: SURROUND …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GIRD — I. verb 1. Synonyms: belt 1, band, begird, begirdle, cincture, encincture, engird, engirdle, girdle Antonyms: ungird 2. Synonyms: surround 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIRD — I гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - girded, girt 1) подпоясываться; подпоясывать талию (чем-л.) 2) перен. собраться с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GIRD — _I 1. gɜ:d n уст. колкое замечание, насмешка 2. gɜ:d v (at) насмехаться _II 1. gɜ:d = girt I 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GIRD — _I 1. gɜ:d n уст. колкое замечание, насмешка 2. gɜ:d v (at) насмехаться _II 1. gɜ:d = girt I 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GIRD — I гл. ; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - girded, girt 1) подпоясываться; подпоясывать талию ( чем-л. ) 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GIRD — I гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - girded, girt 1) подпоясываться; подпоясывать талию (чем-л.) 2) - gird up собраться с …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GIRD — _I _v. _p. и _p-p. girded girt 1> опоясывать; подпоясывать(ся); he was girt about with a rope - он был …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
GIRD — I v. p. и p-p. girded girt 1. опоясывать; подпоясывать(ся); he was girt about with a rope - он был …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
GIRD — _I gə:d _v. (-ed ɪd , girt) 1> опоясывать; подпоясывать(ся); he was girt about with a rope он был подпоясан …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
GIRD — I гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - girded, girt 1) подпоясываться; подпоясывать талию (чем-л.) 2) перен. собраться с …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONESELF — se
English interlingue dictionary
ONESELF — (Adjective) mismo;sa kaugalingon
English-Visayan vocabulary
ONESELF — also one's self pronoun Date: 1548 a person's self ; one's own self, one's normal, healthy, or sane condition or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONESELF — pronoun also one's self (ˌ)wən sometimes (ˌ)wənz + pronunc at self 1. : a person's self : the self of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONESELF — (pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
Английский словарь Webster
ONESELF — ( pron. ) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONESELF — /wun self", wunz-/ , pron. 1. a person's self (used for emphasis or reflexively): One often hurts oneself accidentally. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOINS — n. part of the body below the ribs and above the hipbones (in humans or quadruped animals)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONESELF — -ˈsef pronoun also one's self (ˌ)wən-, ˌwənz- Date: 1548 1. : a person's self : one's own self — used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
LOINS — literary the region of the sexual organs, regarded as the source of erotic or procreative power. → loin
Concise Oxford English vocab
ONESELF — [one.self] also one's self pron (1548) 1: a person's self: one's own self--used reflexively as object of a preposition or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ONESELF — oneself BrE AmE wʌn ˈself wʌnz-, § \ wɒn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONESELF — / wʌnˈself; NAmE / pronoun ( formal ) 1. (the reflexive form of one ) used as the object of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONESELF — one ‧ self /wʌnˈself/ BrE AmE pronoun formal the ↑ reflexive form of ↑ one 3 (2): It is only …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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