🗡️ To put away blade 🛡️ To cover

to sheathe

1 7.2

To push a blade into a person or animal

verb
/ʃiːð/

: meter en la funda

These things all said to him, "Pray sheathe thy silvery sword."
sheathes his sword
sheathes his knife

And he said he found an ancient Greek reading of the word meek, and it meant, effectively somebody who is strong enough to use a sword, but they keep it sheathed.

Examples

l have drawn my sword, sir, and l shall not sheathe it until l have had satisfaction!

Wesley (2009)
Here Goths have given me leave to sheathe my sword.

Titus (1999)
Sheathe your sword, brother!

Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Ned takes the rifle, sheathes it, gives a curt nod, and turns to go.

Fiction book (1993)
The knight will sheathe his sword after the battle is won.
After using the blade, be sure to sheathe it carefully.
Once the duel was over, he chose to sheathe his sword peacefully.

Synonyms

to scabbard

vsto sheathe

8.6

To put a sword or dagger into its sheath

can also mean plunging the blade into something instead of storing it safely

Antonyms

to unsheathe

Literature

1 8.1

Take a weapon like a sword or knife out of its cover

Idioms

to sheathe the sword

8.2

Stop fighting and try to be friends again

Phrasal Verbs

to sheathe emotions

Informal

7.9

To hide your feelings so others cannot see them

How Deep

to bury

∞ 1.7

to embed

88 4.8

to sheathe

1 7.2

to insert

208 3.5

to slide

716 1.0

graze

4 3.4

Surface Forms

sheathe infinitive

sheathed past

sheathed past participle

sheatheing present participle

sheathe third person singular

Morphology

sheathe = sheath (transparent) = sheath + e

The verb's meaning is directly derived from the noun 'sheath' (to put into a sheath); the orthographic '-e' simply marks the verb form.

Etymology

Sheathe comes from the old English word sheath, which meant a 'cover' for a sword or knife. So to sheathe a blade is to slide it into that cover.