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Definition of 'Sheathe' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) sheathe
to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.

2.  sheathe
to plunge (a sword, dagger, etc.) into something as if in a sheath.

3.  sheathe
to enclose in or as if in a casing or covering.

4.  sheathe
to cover or provide with a protective layer or sheathing.

5.  sheathe
to cover (a cable, electrical connector, etc.) with a metal sheath for grounding.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME shethen, der. of sheath)

Definition of 'Sheathe' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) sheathe
cover with a protective sheathing
"sheathe her face"

2. (verb) sheathe
enclose with a sheath
"sheathe a sword"

3. (verb) sheathe
plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh


Definition of 'Sheathe' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) Sheathe
to put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case

2. (verb) Sheathe
to fit or furnish, as with a sheath

3. (verb) Sheathe
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. (verb) Sheathe
to obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles


Translation of 'Sheathe' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to put into a sheath
He sheathed his sword.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: in die skede steek Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَل السَّيْف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: слагам в ножница
Brazilian flag Brazilian: embainhar Czech flag Czech: zasunout do pochvy German flag German: in die Scheide stecken
Danish flag Danish: stikke i skede Greek flag Greek: βάζω στη θήκη Spanish flag Spanish: envainar
Estonian flag Estonian: tuppe panema Farsi flag Farsi: غلاف كردن Finnish flag Finnish: panna tuppeen
French flag French: rengainer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַכנִיס לַנָדָן Hindi flag Hindi: म्यान में डालना
Croatian flag Croatian: staviti u korice Hungarian flag Hungarian: hüvelyébe dug Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyarungkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: setjaí slíður, slíðra Italian flag Italian: rinfoderare Japanese flag Japanese: さやに入れる
Korean flag Korean: 칼집에 넣다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įkišti į makštį Latvian flag Latvian: iebāzt makstī
Malay flag Malay: menyarung Dutch flag Dutch: in de schede steken Norwegian flag Norwegian: stikke i sliren
Polish flag Polish: (s)chować do pochwy Persian flag Persian: غلاف كردن Pashto flag Pashto: په تيكي كې ايښوول، پوښل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: embainhar Romanian flag Romanian: a puneîn teacă Russian flag Russian: вкладывать в ножны
Slovak flag Slovak: zasunúť do pošvy Slovenian flag Slovenian: vtakniti v nožnico Serbian flag Serbian: staviti u korice
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Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đặt, bỏ vào bao Chinese flag Chinese: 入鞘

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