Meaning of "girt" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF GIRT

girt  [ɡɜːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GIRT

Girt is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb girt in English.

WHAT DOES GIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Girt

In architecture or structural engineering, a girt is a horizontal structural member in a framed wall. Girts provide lateral support to the wall panel, primarily, to resist wind loads. May also be known as a sheeting rail. A comparable element in roof construction is a purlin.

Definition of girt in the English dictionary

The definition of girt in the dictionary is moored securely to prevent swinging.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GIRT

PRESENT

Present

I girt

you girt

he/she/it girts

we girt

you girt

they girt

Present continuous

I am girting

you are girting

he/she/it is girting

we are girting

you are girting

they are girting

Present perfect

I have girted

you have girted

he/she/it has girted

we have girted

you have girted

they have girted

Present perfect continuous

I have been girting

you have been girting

he/she/it has been girting

we have been girting

you have been girting

they have been girting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I girted

you girted

he/she/it girted

we girted

you girted

they girted

Past continuous

I was girting

you were girting

he/she/it was girting

we were girting

you were girting

they were girting

Past perfect

I had girted

you had girted

he/she/it had girted

we had girted

you had girted

they had girted

Past perfect continuous

I had been girting

you had been girting

he/she/it had been girting

we had been girting

you had been girting

they had been girting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will girt

you will girt

he/she/it will girt

we will girt

you will girt

they will girt

Future continuous

I will be girting

you will be girting

he/she/it will be girting

we will be girting

you will be girting

they will be girting

Future perfect

I will have girted

you will have girted

he/she/it will have girted

we will have girted

you will have girted

they will have girted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been girting

you will have been girting

he/she/it will have been girting

we will have been girting

you will have been girting

they will have been girting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would girt

you would girt

he/she/it would girt

we would girt

you would girt

they would girt

Conditional continuous

I would be girting

you would be girting

he/she/it would be girting

we would be girting

you would be girting

they would be girting

Conditional perfect

I would have girt

you would have girt

he/she/it would have girt

we would have girt

you would have girt

they would have girt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been girting

you would have been girting

he/she/it would have been girting

we would have been girting

you would have been girting

they would have been girting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you girt
we let´s girt
you girt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to girt

Past participle

girted

Present Participle

girting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GIRT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «girt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of girt

belt · bind · brace · encircle · enclose · encompass · enfold · engird · environ · fortify · girdle · pen · prepare · ready · ring · steel · surround

TRANSLATION OF GIRT

Find out the translation of girt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of girt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «girt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 棚
• Translator English - Spanish: ceñidos
• English: girt
• Translator English - Hindi: girt
• Translator English - Arabic: طوق بحزام
• Translator English - Russian: опоясанные
• Translator English - Portuguese: cingida
• Translator English - Bengali: Girt
• Translator English - French: ceint
• Translator English - Malay: Girt
• Translator English - German: gegürtet
• Translator English - Japanese: 取り囲む
• Translator English - Korean: 조롱
• Translator English - Javanese: Girt
• Translator English - Vietnamese: girt
• Translator English - Tamil: girt
• Translator English - Marathi: गर्ट
• Translator English - Turkish: kuşatmak
• Translator English - Italian: cinto
• Translator English - Polish: opasany
• Translator English - Ukrainian: підперезані
• Translator English - Romanian: încins
• Translator English - Greek: μηκίδα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: omgord
• Translator English - Swedish: omgjordad
• Translator English - Norwegian: kjortel

QUOTES WITH «GIRT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word girt.

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John Lothrop Motley

The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIRT»

Discover the use of girt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to girt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia

Our nation's beginnings are steeped in the strange, the ridiculous and the frankly bizarre. Girt proudly reclaims these stories for all of us.

David Hunt, 2013

Sea-Girt Nantucket: A Hand-Book of Historical and ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Henry Sherman Wyer, 2012

Girt by Sea: Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear

' --Mungo Maccallum,Girt By Sea '... this most cold-eyed of one time Canberra chroniclers brings to this story all his wit and dryness and power of mind.

Mungo MacCallum, 2002

Sea Girt Lighthouse: The Community Beacon

Biennial Report on Sea Girt Light Station, Sea Girt, NewJersey, August 10, 1958, 2. 214. Sea Girt Council Meeting Minutes, April 9, 1963, vol. 26, 11–12. 215. Bruce Beckmann, conversations with the author,July–August 2013. 216.Joseph G.

Bill Dunn, 2014

The Best Australian Sea Stories: Our land is girt by sea

The Best Australian Sea Stories is full of fascinating history, drama, and surprise. These stories trace the maritime history of Australia from the earliest times to today.

Jim Haynes, 2013

The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...

Take the length in feet, half feet, and, if required, quarters ; then measure half way back again; then girt the tree with a small cord or line ; double this line twice very evenly, and measure this fourth part of the girt or perimeter in inches, halves, ...

William Nicholson, 1809

Structures Congress 2009: Don't Mess with Structural ...

Building ID Building Name 40 Steel Frame w/Insulated Metal Wall Panel and Purlin/Insulated Panel Roof [spacing=66", girt outside] 41 Steel Frame w/ Insulated Metal Wall Panel and Purlin/Insulated Panel Roof [spacing=44", girt inside, purlin ...

Lawrence Griffis, 2009

Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role : ...

Building ID Building Name 40 Steel Frame w/Insulated Metal Wall Panel and Purlin/Insulated Panel Roof [spacing=66", girt outside] 41 Steel Frame w/ Insulated Metal Wall Panel and Purlin/Insulated Panel Roof [spacing=44", girt inside, purlin ...

Lawrence Griffis, Todd Helwig, Mark Waggoner, 2009

American edition of the British encyclopedia: or, Dictionary ...

Set 12, therefore, on the girt-line, to 75 on the first radius of the line C, and against 35 on the girt-line is 64 feet on C, for the content. 2°. To measure round timber the true way. The former method, though that generally in use, is not quite just.

William Nicholson, 1821

Common Places: Readings in American Vernacular Architecture

The four corner posts PP, QQ, the side girts BB, which connected each pair of them at the level of the second floor, and the "summer"4 or large middle beam A, which spanned die room lengthwise from the chimney girt C, connecting the two  ...

Dell Upton, John Michael Vlach, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term girt is used in the context of the following news items.

Meet Seun Onigbinde: The Man Behind Budgit

What matters is that persistence, that girt, even when it looks like nobody is listening to or retweeting you or, nobody is follow up what you're ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»

Ben Alder and sibling Beinn Bheoil

... the undoubted star of the morning's play was Ben Alder, who's awesomely rock girt Garbh Coire, stared back at me across the trench. «Mearns Leader, Jul 15»

Briefs: Neptune woman awarded compliance designation

JBA Architecture and Consulting, Sea Girt, was honored by the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials with the organization's ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

Your guide to geocaching at the Jersey Shore

SEA GIRT. Eric Dalton, a member of the Central Jersey Geocaching group, recommended a new Shore town cache called 'Lunatic's Lament. «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

Fishing Friday: Reefs, River Where Anglers Are Finding Fluke

“Fluking has been good on both the Sea Girt and Axel Carlons reefs with healthy, fat keepers mixed in with the shorts,” said Pete from Pell's ... «Shorebeat, Jul 15»

School honors and graduations

... Nathan Davidson, Gabriel Eliasson, Sarah Geissler, Maximillian Girt, Trent Gutstein, Ian Jackman, Eric Kloeti, Brandon Levine, Sam Lively, ... «Stowe Today, Jul 15»

Monemvasia: The Gibraltar of the East holds its ground

The walls of the Monemvasia fortress rise out of the rugged sea-girt landscape via a secret way to the Portello, an ancient door leading on to ... «Neos Kosmos, Jul 15»

Sea Girt showcases depth, wins Jersey Shore Lifeguard Relays

AVON – The depth of the Sea Girt lifeguard crew was on full display Thursday night at the Avon Jersey Shore Lifeguard Relay Tournament. «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

Microsoft lay-offs, Redditor spray-offs and YouTube pay-offs (Girt by …

Microsoft shed 7,800 workers as smartphone fortunes fall flat, Redditors go to war with Reddit CEO Ellen Pao and popular YouTuber ... «CNET, Jul 15»

Was the NRA created to help freed slaves?

By 1906, NRA's youth program was in full swing with more than 200 boys competing in matches at Sea Girt that summer. Today, youth ... «Lebanon Daily Record, Jul 15»