sheathe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cover with a protective sheathing
    • sheathe her face
  2. verb enclose with a sheath
    • sheathe a sword
  3. verb plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

WordNet

Sheathe transitive verb
Etymology
Written also sheath.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sheathed ; present participle & verbal noun Sheating
Definitions
  1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
    The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew.
    'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
  2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. Shak.
  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.
  4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. R. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913