sheathe
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.
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to plunge (a sword, dagger, etc.) in something as if in a sheath.
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to enclose in or as if in a casing or covering.
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to cover or provide with a protective layer or sheathing.
to sheathe a roof with copper.
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to cover (a cable, electrical connector, etc.) with a metal sheath for grounding.
verb
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to insert (a knife, sword, etc) into a sheath
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(esp of cats) to retract (the claws)
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to surface with or encase in a sheath or sheathing
Other Word Forms
- sheather noun
Etymology
Origin of sheathe
1350–1400; Middle English shethen, derivative of sheath
Example Sentences
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Architect Daniel Huntington’s Hotel Piedmont even went so far as to use a large quantity of art tile from the Malibu Tile Company to sheathe the street-level facades.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Most migraine researchers think that the pain of an attack is generated by increased firing of the trigeminal nerves, which carry sensory information from the face and the meninges that sheathe the brain.
From Nature • Oct. 13, 2020
Others rely on a system that can sheathe a painting with a hard surface on command—useful both for security and to protect the art when residents are away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2015
Ma compounds that mistake by proposing to sheathe his mountain in blocks of whitish-gray stone or a fancy form of concrete, not the sleek metal skins with which he's draped his previous museums.
From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 6, 2014
I look deep into his eyes as I sheathe my sword.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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