Saber

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  • noun. A heavy cavalry sword with a one-edged, slightly curved blade.
  • noun. A light dueling or fencing sword having an arched guard covering the hand and a tapered flexible blade with a cutting edge on one side and on the tip.
  • transitive verb. To hit, injure, or kill with a saber.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To furnish with a saber.
  • To strike or cut with a saber.
  • noun. A heavy sword having a single edge, and thickest at the back of the blade, tapering gradually toward the edge.
  • noun. A soldier armed with a saber.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
  • noun. A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
  • noun. the cutlass fish.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of sabre.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. kill with a saber
  • noun. a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
  • verb. cut or injure with a saber
  • noun. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
  • Word Usage
    "So while they're watching the administration, they're suspicious of its motives and what they call saber rattling."
    Equivalent
    sabre  sabre fish  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cut  fencing sword  kill  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aber  Baber  Haber  Labor  Labour  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    verb-form
    sabered  sabering  sabers