GIRDING Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

girding

verb

present participle of gird

as in wrapping

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons she girded her waist with a delicate sash

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as in equipping

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield

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as in surrounding

to form a circle around a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes

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Recent Examples of girding The work has begun Internally, Fed officials are girding for debate. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 22 May 2026 Not just any type of bus, but a marshrutka—a crowded, rumbling, claustrophobic Soviet holdover minibus, solidly built with steel girding and equally lacking in shock absorbers and seat padding. — Irene Zabytko may 7, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 With both a trustee and mayoral election in the offing for next year, the committee is girding itself for a hot and heavy election season in 2027. — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Colleges across the country are girding for the demographic cliff of fewer young people enrolling due to a decades-long, nationwide decline in birth rates. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026 The Asia energy crisis Asia, which gets much of its oil and gas from the Middle East, is now girding for an extended energy crisis. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 Schoolteachers are girding to address students’ questions, anger and confusion over a figure whose name and books are deeply embedded in state curriculum and celebrations. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 But as artificial general intelligence (AGI) came into view—the idea of a transformatively powerful technology that could surpass human geniuses at most tasks—Hunter-Torricke grew convinced industry executives weren’t girding for the level of disruption the technology would bring. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Feb. 2026 Baker said Yolo Food Bank is girding for the short term. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025

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And Bryan is wrapping his model in gray and pink chiffon because … there is no because.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
RoboCop extends Stevens’ relationship with Amazon MGM Studios after recently wrapping production on a series adaptation of John le Carré’s Legacy of Spies for the studio’s platform MGM+ and BBC.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

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For some, these new measures promise to weed out AI use in the classroom, whether by discouraging students from relying on LLMs or equipping professors with a foolproof method of identifying its use.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Solomon therefore expressed skepticism about equipping thousands of DHS field agents, across the country, with even more advanced surveillance tools.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

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The market is attempting to judge how long high capital expenditures and elevated valuations surrounding AI can be sustained.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
So surrounding Antetokounmpo with shooting was the smart strategy, because the data suggests offenses play at well above-average levels when the two-time MVP is paired with elite shooting.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounding

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Its signature Hémisphère features fine grooves encircling each plate like rings around a planet.

— Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
The zoning resolution for the Manhattanville extension explicitly forbids encircling any of the outdoor spaces with gates or fences.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026

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Hendrick Motorsports was heavily involved in the first movie, supplying cars and technical advice during filming.

— Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Among them is Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico that’s critical for supplying water for crops in southern New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.

— Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

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