gird

«gird» in Mova's school dictionary: to fasten a belt or sword round the body, or to put on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (gird, girds, girded or girt, girding)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) To gird is to fasten a belt or sword round the body, or to put on armour and get ready for battle or a journey. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a hero girds on his sword before setting out on a quest

examples

• The knight girded his sword to his side. tree →
• He girded on his armour and rode off. tree →
• Tom girded on his belt and left the inn. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
• And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
• For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
• For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gird» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.