'Sheathe' definitions:
Definition of 'sheathe'
From: WordNet
verb
Cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
verb
Enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" [ant: unsheathe]
verb
Plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
Definition of 'Sheathe'
From: GCIDE
- Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
- 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [1913 Webster]
- The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- To sheathe the sword, to make peace. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sheathe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparel,
- array,
- attire,
- bedeck,
- bedrape,
- board,
- box,
- brick,
- bundle up,
- case,
- clad,
- clapboard,
- clothe,
- cover,
- crate,
- deck,
- dight,
- drape,
- dress,
- dud,
- embox,
- embrace,
- encapsulate,
- encase,
- enclothe,
- endue,
- enfold,
- enrobe,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- enwrap,
- face,
- garb,
- garment,
- glass,
- glaze,
- habilitate,
- invest,
- jacket,
- lap,
- lath,
- muffle up,
- pack,
- package,
- panel,
- paper,
- plank,
- rag out,
- raiment,
- revet,
- robe,
- shake,
- shingle,
- shroud,
- side,
- skin,
- slate,
- smother,
- stone,
- surround,
- swaddle,
- swathe,
- thatch,
- tile,
- tire,
- veneer,
- wall in,
- wall up,
- wallpaper,
- weatherboard,
- wrap,
- wrap about,
- wrap up