Prepare oneself for a military confrontation.
Put a girdle on or around.
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Examples for "arm "
1 There's this, however.' He made a pass and his left arm disappeared.
2 Local governments, not Congress, should decide whether to arm teachers, he said.
3 Shamyl said, The good news is that his arm is not broken.
4 That arm that will take you directly to the sea, he said.
5 He snaked a hand out-hisright hand, of course-andgrabbed my arm .
1 Water-filled barricades are being used to fortify the airport and government offices.
2 The United States has also helped Baku fortify its offshore oil installations.
3 Jan. 2-Germanscommence offensive movement against Kielce; Germans fortify captured Polish towns.
4 You need it to fortify yourself against the rancor that surrounds us.
5 They begin to fortify their systems against anticipated reprisals from the Federation.
1 Shaikh said outlining a future vision could build up opposition to Assad.
2 Others said southern leaders were arming fellow tribesmen to build up support.
3 It has taken time to build up the current level of popularity.
4 Scotland continue to build up as well as anyone but finish gruesomely.
5 I hope the district councils will build up the Hong Kong economy.
Bind with something round or circular.
1 The boy girds up his loins and he goes whither he will.
2 When he girds it about him his divine might is doubled.
3 The Babu groans heavily, girds up his huge loins, and is off again.
4 The high wall girds it on the land side, and makes it perfectly secluded.
5 For myself, the great lady girds at me for being so poor an agent.
6 Stung by the memory, William girds himself for another assault on the Rackham papers.
7 Outdoor nature for Bachelard is something the archetypal house girds against, or offers refuge from.
8 And the traveller girds himself, and sets his face toward the Morning, and goes his way.
9 The Lord who is the Servant girds Himself.
10 When he girds on his sword, I say:
11 But the hour of darkness girds him now
12 Cousrouf bounds from his seat, hurls from him his chibouque, and quickly girds on his sword.
13 It's a fiddly but clever acquisition that girds for online battle with Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart.
14 I fancied Lenore returned, breathing Austrian air, and living under the same horizon that girds me in.
15 The faith which is returning to men girds at veils and shadows, and would see God plainly.
16 The memory of that feeling girds me against ever letting myself slip back into the illness again.
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gird Verb
Indicative · Present · Third