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🗡️ To put away blade 🛡️ To cover
to sheathe

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.