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SHEATHE
sheathe
(verb) plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
sheathe
(verb) enclose with a sheath; “sheathe a sword”
sheathe
(verb) cover with a protective sheathing; “sheathe her face”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sheathe (third-person singular simple present sheathes, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)
(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
Antonym: unsheathe
(transitive) To encase (something) with a protective covering.
Antonym: unsheathe
(transitive) Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
Antonym: unsheathe
(transitive, dated or literary, poetic, figuratively) To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.
(transitive, obsolete or rare, figuratively) To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)
(transitive, obsolete) To provide (a sword, etc.) with a sheath.
(transitive, medicine, obsolete) To relieve the harsh or painful effect of (a drug, a poison, etc.).
Conjugation
Source: Wiktionary
Sheathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] Etym: [Written also sheath.]
1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew. 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. Shak.
3. 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. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] Arbuthnot. To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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