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# sheathe

«sheathe» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put a sword or knife back into its case, called a sheath** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sheathe, sheathes, sheathed, sheathing)

### meaning for a pupil

To sheathe is to put a sword or knife back into its case, called a sheath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathe/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a warrior is told to sheathe his sword when the danger is over; it means put away, not throw away

### examples

- «Sheathe your sword,» said the king, «we are at peace.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathe/#x1)
- The soldier sheathed his blade and sat down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathe/#x2)
- Please sheathe the knife before you walk inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathe/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sheathe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.