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SHEATHE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sheathe ... he / she / it sheathes
Past simple: sheathed
-ing form: sheathing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "sheathe" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
sheathe a sword
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "sheathe" is one way to...):
enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
unsheathe (draw from a sheath or scabbard)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cover with a protective sheathing
Example:
sheathe her face
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "sheathe" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sheathe"):
invaginate (sheathe)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
sheathing (protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior)