gird
gird.01 - encircle
GIRD-V NOTES: Also a Calvin & Hobbes reference. (from gird.01-v)Aliases:
gird (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: entity putting something around something else
ARG1-GOL: thing encircled
ARG2-PPT: thing going around
ARG1-GOL: thing encircled
ARG2-PPT: thing going around
gird-v: canonical usage
`` How can I face the world if
IARG0
caARGM-MOD
n'tARGM-NEG
girdrel
my loinsARG1
with comic book characters ? ''ARG2
asked John .gird.02 - prepare, get ready for
GIRD-V NOTES: The arg1 above would properly be "itself". This sense is actually anextension of the other; literally 'gird' means 'to put on a belt.'Originally the belt carried one's weapons; thus to 'gird for battle'used a purpose phrase, which gradually became more prominent until thenew sense took over. (from gird.02-v)Aliases:
gird (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: preparer
ARG1-PPT: thing made ready
ARG2-PRP: ready for
ARG1-PPT: thing made ready
ARG2-PRP: ready for
gird-v: unstated arg1
As rescuers pressed their efforts after finding a survivor in a collapsed freewayARGM-TMP
, the San Francisco Bay areaARG0
girdedrel
for hundreds of thousands of commuters seeking to avoid routes ravaged by last Tuesday 's tremorARG2
.