GIRDED Synonyms

• positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger

• held up by braces or buttresses

• provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate

• provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)

• prepared with proper equipment

• carrying weapons

• secured with bastions or fortifications

• having something added to increase the strength

• made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

• having made preparations

• equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

• given added strength or support

• sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)

• held up or having the weight borne especially from below

• completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

• poised for action

• (of especially money) immediately available

• mentally disposed

• made suitable and available for immediate use

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

• the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• supply with arms

• form or draw a circle around

• bind with something round or circular

• make strong or stronger

• enclose by or as if by a fortification

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• add nutrients to

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• an encircling or ringlike structure

• a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

• a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

• put a girdle on or around

• enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

• form or accumulate steadily

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• bolster or strengthen

• change the use of and make available or usable