Definitions for sheaths

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sheaths sheath

Spelling: [sheeth]

IPA: /ʃiθ/

Sheaths is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in sheaths (aehhsst).

Definitions for sheaths

noun

1. a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
2. any similar close-fitting covering or case.
3. a condom.
4. Biology. a closely enveloping part or structure, as in an animal or plant.
5. Botany. the leaf base when it forms a vertical coating surrounding the stem.
6. a close-fitting dress, skirt, or coat, especially an unbelted dress with a straight drape.
7. Electricity. the metal covering of a cable.
8. Electronics. the metal wall of a wave guide. a space charge formed by ions near an electrode in a tube containing low-pressure gas. the region of a space charge in a cathode-ray tube.
9. a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
10. any similar close-fitting covering or case.
11. a condom.
12. Biology. a closely enveloping part or structure, as in an animal or plant.
13. Botany. the leaf base when it forms a vertical coating surrounding the stem.
14. a close-fitting dress, skirt, or coat, especially an unbelted dress with a straight drape.
15. Electricity. the metal covering of a cable.
16. Electronics. the metal wall of a wave guide. a space charge formed by ions near an electrode in a tube containing low-pressure gas. the region of a space charge in a cathode-ray tube.

verb (used with object)

1. to sheathe.
2. to sheathe.

Origin of sheaths

before 950; Middle English s(c)heth(e), Old English scēath; cognate with German Scheide; see shed²

Examples for sheaths

The sheath surrounding the nerves acts as an electrical insulator, increasing neural speed by 100-fold.

He tried to draw it, failed, and looking all along the sheath, saw its condition.

But Victoria Beckham likes a sheath so perfectly fitted that you might as well brace yourself for a diet based solely on refusal.

I took off the sheath, the holster, so to speak, of the taser and I loaded the taser.

sheath your swords, comrades; after all, it is no affair of ours.

I learned from those articles, lessons about rhythm and pacing and when to stick the dagger in and when to sheath it.

The first lady wore a Michael Kors sheath with a matching cropped jacket and traditional pearls.

And drawing his knife from its sheath, he flung it down at my feet.

He drew his short sword from its sheath, and scratched a deep mark in the gravel.

What make you, Alleyne, of these black lines which are drawn across the sheath?

He tried to draw it, failed, and looking all along the sheath, saw its condition.

I learned from those articles, lessons about rhythm and pacing and when to stick the dagger in and when to sheath it.

The first lady wore a Michael Kors sheath with a matching cropped jacket and traditional pearls.

I took off the sheath, the holster, so to speak, of the taser and I loaded the taser.

He drew his short sword from its sheath, and scratched a deep mark in the gravel.

The sheath surrounding the nerves acts as an electrical insulator, increasing neural speed by 100-fold.

But Victoria Beckham likes a sheath so perfectly fitted that you might as well brace yourself for a diet based solely on refusal.

sheath your swords, comrades; after all, it is no affair of ours.

What make you, Alleyne, of these black lines which are drawn across the sheath?

And drawing his knife from its sheath, he flung it down at my feet.