1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Sheathe

transitive verb. To insert into or provide with a sheath.

transitive verb. To retract (a claw) into a sheath.

transitive verb. To enclose with a protective covering; encase.

To put into a sheath or scabbard; inclose in or cover with or as with a sheath or case: as, to sheathe a sword or dagger.

To protect by a casing or covering; cover over or incase, as with armor, boards, iron, sheets of copper, or the like.

To cover up or hide.

To render less sharp or keen; mask; dull.

transitive verb. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

transitive verb. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.

transitive verb. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like.

transitive verb. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.

transitive verb. to make peace.

verb. To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath

verb. To encase something with a protective covering

verb. plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

verb. cover with a protective sheathing

verb. enclose with a sheath

"He slipped the sword sheathe back into his sash and took out the gun."

Words with the opposite meaning

unsheathe

to sheathe the sword

resheathe sheathed sheating

Words that are more generic or abstract

enclose enfold envelop enwrap immerse

Words with the same terminal sound

breathe seethe teethe

Words that are found in similar contexts

casing chassis cladding cocoon oligodendrocyte

Words with the same meaning

apparel array attire bedeck bedrape

sheathed sheathes sheathing