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SHEATHE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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:

Enclose with a sheath

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)

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