GIRD (UP) YOUR LOINS

Meaning of GIRD (UP) YOUR LOINS in English

( literary or humorous ) to get ready to do sth difficult :

The company is girding its loins for a plunge into the overseas market.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
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
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's 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
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
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
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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
GIRD — noun a cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer. 2. gird ·vt to encircle or bind with any flexible …
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
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
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's 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
YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIRD — gird /ɡɜːd $ ɡɜːrd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle girded or girt /ɡɜːt $ ɡɜːrt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
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 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
LOINS — [plural] [noun] [literary or dated] - the part of the body which is above the legs and below the waist, …
Cambridge English vocab
GIRD — [verb] [T] [past:] girded or girt old use - to tie something around (your body)The knights girded themselves for battle …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
LOINS — n. pl. Reins, lumbar region.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
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
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOINS — n. power to gird one's ~ ('to prepare oneself for a difficult task')
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
LOINS — lions
Anagrams English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOINS — (мн.ч.)поясница
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
LOINS — Поясница
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR — your.ogg jɔ: (полная форма); jə (редуцированная форма) poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. yours) I ( при обращении к …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 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. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
YOUR — (полная форма); , (редуцированные формы) your мест.; притяж.; употр. атриб.; ср. также yours1) ваш, твой, принадлежащий вам/тебе, свой Is that …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LOINS — /лойнз/ поясница (кинология)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LOINS — (n) филейные части
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
YOUR — poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. yours) I ( при обращении к нескольким лицам или предметам ) 1. ваш, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый 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. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LOINS — n. поясница
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LOINS — n. поясница
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
YOUR — ( полная форма ); ju , jə ( редуцированные формы ) мест. ; притяж. ; употр. атриб. ; ср. тж. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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