gird (v.)
- band
- bandage
- belt
- bend
- beset
- bind
- bolster
- brace
- bundle
- buttress
- chain
- cinch
- circle
- confirm
- dispose
- encircle
- encompass
- fleer
- flout
- forearm
- fortify
- gibe
- girdle
- girth
- harden
- hem
- invigorate
- jeer
- jest
- lace
- lash
- leash
- loop
- nerve
- prepare
- prop
- ready
- refresh
- reinforce
- reinvigorate
- restrengthen
- ring
- rope
- round
- sneer
- splice
- steel
- stiffen
- strap
- strengthen
- support
- sustain
- swaddle
- swathe
- temper
- tie
- toughen
- truss
- undergird
- wire
- wrap
- wreathe
- zone