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Main Entry: gird
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encircle; strengthen

Synonyms:

band, belt, bind, block, blockade, bolster, brace, buttress, cincture, circle, enclose, encompass, enfold, environ, fasten, fortify, girdle, hem in, make ready, pen, prepare, ready, reinforce, ring, round, secure, steel, support, surround

Antonyms:

let go, weaken
Main Entry: gird
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make fun of

Synonyms:

deride, flout, fun at, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, poke, quip, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt

Antonyms:

compliment, flatter, praise
Main Entry: arm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: equip with weapon or power

Synonyms:

accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote

Antonyms:

disarm
Main Entry: brace
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: support

Synonyms:

bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, gird, hold up, prepare, prop, ready, reinforce, shove, steady, steel, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten, uphold

Antonyms:

let go, loosen, unfasten
Main Entry: circle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, circumnavigate

Synonyms:

begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose

Synonyms:

beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround
Main Entry: define
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delimit, outline

Synonyms:

belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, confine, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, fix, flank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in
Main Entry: dismiss
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put out of one's mind

Synonyms:

banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, kiss off, laugh away, lay aside, mock, pooh-pooh, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, set aside, shelve, spurn, taunt, twit

Antonyms:

accept, welcome
Main Entry: encompass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround, circumscribe

Synonyms:

beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring
Main Entry: envelop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encase, hide

Synonyms:

blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up
Notes: envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun

Antonyms:

free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap
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