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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sheatheverb

    cover with a protective sheathing

    "sheathe her face"

  2. sheatheverb

    enclose with a sheath

    "sheathe a sword"

  3. sheatheverb

    plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

Wiktionary

  1. sheatheverb

    To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath

  2. sheatheverb

    To encase something with a protective covering

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Sheath, To Sheatheverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    This drawn but now against my sovereign’s breast,
    Before ’tis sheath’d, shall give him peace and rest. Edmund Waller.

    Those active parts of a body are of differing natures when sheath’d up, or wedged in amongst others in the texture of a concrete; and when extricated from these impediments. Boyle.

    In his hair one hand he wreaths,
    His sword, the other, in his bosom sheaths. John Denham.

    Is this her hate to him, his love to me!
    ’Tis in my breast she sheaths her dagger now. Dryden.

    The left foot naked, when they march to fight,
    But in a bull’s raw hide they sheath the right. Dryden.

    The leopard, and all of this kind as goes, keeps the claws of his forefeet turned up from the ground and sheathed in the skin of his toes, whereby he preserves them sharp for rapine, extending them only when he leaps at the prey. Nehemiah Grew.

    Other substances opposite to acrimony are called demulcent or mild; because they blunt or sheath those sharp salts as pease, and beans. Arbuthnot.

    There was no ink to colour Peter’s hat,
    Walter’s dagger was not come from sheathing. William Shakespeare.

    It were to be wished that the whole navy throughout were sheathed as some are. Walter Raleigh.

ChatGPT

  1. sheathe

    To sheathe means to cover or encase something, often with a protective material. In the context of a weapon such as a sword, it can also refer to the action of putting the weapon back into its protective cover or scabbard.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sheatheverb

    to put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case

  2. Sheatheverb

    to fit or furnish, as with a sheath

  3. Sheatheverb

    to case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper

  4. Sheatheverb

    to obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles

  5. Etymology: [Written also sheath.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. sheathe

    To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with a sheath or case. To sheathe the sword, to put an end to war or enmity; to make peace.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sheathe in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sheathe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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