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What (who) is gird - definition

EARLY SOVIET ROCKET RESEARCH BUREAU

Soviet Jet Propulsion Research Institute; Russian Group of Study of Reactive Motion; GIRD; GIRD-X; GIRD-9; Группа изучения реактивного движения; Gruppa izucheniya reaktivnogo dvizheniya; ГИРД

gird

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Gird (disambiguation)

I. v. a.

1.

Girdle, bind round, bind with a girdle.

2.

Surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, environ, engird, begird.

3.

Clothe, invest, equip, furnish.

4.

Reproach, gibe, sneer at, lash, satirize.

II. v. n.

Gibe, sneer, make scornful jests, utter sarcasms.

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Gird (disambiguation)

gird¹

¦ verb (past and past participle girded or girt) literary encircle or secure with a belt or band.

?surround; encircle: the mountains girding Kabul.

Phrases

gird (up) one's loins (or gird oneself for something) prepare and strengthen oneself for something difficult.

Origin

OE gyrdan, of Gmc origin; related to girdle¹ and girth.

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gird²

archaic

¦ verb make cutting or critical remarks.

¦ noun a critical or taunting remark.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'strike, stab'): of unknown origin.

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Gird (disambiguation)

(girds, girding, girded)

If you gird yourself for a battle or contest, you prepare yourself for it. (LITERARY)

With audiences in the US falling for the first time in a generation, Hollywood is girding itself for recession.

to gird your loins: see loin

VERB: V pron-refl for n

Wikipedia

Group for the Study of Reactive Motion

The Moscow-based Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (also 'Group for the Investigation of Reactive Engines and Reactive Flight' and 'Jet Propulsion Study Group') (Russian: Группа изучения реактивного движения, Gruppa izucheniya reaktivnogo dvizheniya, better known for its Russian abbreviation ГИРД, GIRD) was a Soviet research bureau founded in 1931 to study various aspects of rocketry. GIRD launched the first Soviet liquid propellant rocket in August 1933. In November 1933 it was incorporated into the Reactive Scientific Research Institute (Реактивный научно-исследовательский институт, Reaktivnyy nauchno-issledovatel’skiy institut, РНИИ, RNII).

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Examples of use of gird

1. And we must gird ourselves for the sacrifices that are yet to come.

2. But he said the sides must gird themselves to act, not talk.

3. That didn‘t exactly lead the Knesset to gird its loins and discuss the thing.

4. Alexander‘s laurels are the same as the ones that gird Apollo‘s head.

5. Not exactly the forum for a dramatic call to the nation to gird its loins and defend democracy.