Definition & Meaning | English word SHEATHE
SHEATHE
Definitions of SHEATHE
- (transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- (transitive) To encase (something) with a protective covering.
- (transitive) Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
- (transitive, dated or literary, poetic, figuratively) To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.
- (transitive, obsolete or rare, figuratively) To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)
- (transitive, obsolete) To provide (a sword, etc.) with a sheath.
- (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To relieve the harsh or painful effect of (a drug, a poison, etc.).
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using SHEATHE in a Sentence
- Although some people such as Abu Qutada and Umar condemned this act of Khalid and Umar called for his stoning, Abu Bakr did not punish Khalid and said that he had made no bigger mistake to be punished for and that he won't sheathe the Sword of Allah as Malik reaped what he sowed.
- Thus, it was also used to sheathe the piles of piers in tropical seas, as a protection against teredo shipworms, and in locomotive tubes.
- He "with the best forces hee had theire came early in the mornynge backe to Midlewiche, & vpon Sheathe Heathe att the west end of the said Towne, Sr Thomas Aston havinge taken the advantage of the said ground & wynde, & planted his ordnance, sett upon him".
- There is also the art of pabalát (wrapper), where coloured paper is meticulously cut with small scissors and used to sheathe pastillas de leche (carabao milk candy) and other traditional sweets.
- Cuthbert's Bowes wrote to York on 20 September 1549 saying that he was sending "a fayre sworde within a sheathe of crymesyn velvet garnysyshyd with perle and stone sett upon sylver and gylte".
- He was again Senior Warden for two years in 1549–1551, and in September 1549 presented the City of York with a ceremonial sword, "a fayre sworde with a sheathe of crymeson velvet garnyshyd with perle and stone sett uppon sylver and gylte", taking the opportunity to recall his early years and upbringing there.
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