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
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.).
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
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.