Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to put (something) into a sheath:
to encase (something) with a protective covering:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put (something) into a sheath:

Examples

4 sentences

  1. A longsword sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

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  2. The longsword was sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

    deDas Langschwert steckte in einer exquisit gravierten Scheide. — xtofu80

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  3. Ravenswood sheathed his sword, uncocked and returned his pistol to his belt.

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.

    in die Scheide stecken, ummanteln

    класть в футлярklastʹ v futljar, пря́тать в но́жныprjátatʹ v nóžny, вкла́дывать в но́жныvkládyvatʹ v nóžny

    plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

  2. (transitive)To encase (something) with a protective covering.

    обши́тьobšítʹ, обшива́тьobšivátʹ

    cover with a protective sheathing

  3. (transitive)Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.

More meanings 4

  1. (dated, figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive)To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.

  2. (figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive)To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To provide (a sword, etc.) with a sheath.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To relieve the harsh or painful effect of (a drug, a poison, etc.).

Origin

From Late Middle English shethen (“to put (a sword or knife) into a sheath, sheathe; to pr

From Late Middle English shethen (“to put (a sword or knife) into a sheath, sheathe; to provide with a sheath; (figuratively) to have sexual intercourse”) [and other forms], then:

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Forms

sheathes, sheathing, sheathed, sheathed

regular · Lesson

Base formsheathe · to sheathe
3rd person singularsheathes
Present participlesheathing
Past simplesheathed
Past participlesheathed

Tenses

sheathe · sheathed · will sheathe · have sheathed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysheathe
he, she, itsheathes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sheathed
he, she, ithas sheathed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sheathe

Past simpleLesson

all personssheathed

Antonyms

1 antonyms
To put into a sheath:unsheathe

Word family

7 related words
Relatedsheathing
Deriveddissheatheensheatheresheathesheathablesheathed cablesheather

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shearshearershearssheathshebangshedC1shedload

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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