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ensheathe

/ɪnˈʃiːð/

ensheathe verb: to cover with or as if with a sheath.

Verb

ensheathe (third-person singular simple present ensheathes, present participle ensheathing, simple past and past participle ensheathed)

  1. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a sheath.
    • Each filament of combustible pulp is ensheathed in an isolating tube, and these tubes are then bound into cable-like trunks.1858, Edward Hughes, Reading Lessons

ensheathe meaning in Bengali

ensheathe in Bengali

খাপ, কোষ দিয়ে ঢাকা

Forms of ensheathe

third-person singular presentensheathes
present participleensheathing
past participleensheathed
pastensheathed
alternative form (archaic)insheath
alternative form (archaic)insheathe

Origin of ensheathe

From en- + sheathe.

Words formed from ensheathe

Words that rhyme with ensheathe

Questions about ensheathe

What does ensheathe mean?
Ensheathe means to cover with or as if with a sheath.
What is ensheathe in Bengali?
Ensheathe in Bengali is খাপ, কোষ দিয়ে ঢাকা. See Ensheathe meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ensheathe?
Ensheathe is a verb.
How do you pronounce ensheathe?
Ensheathe is pronounced /ɪnˈʃiːð/.
What is the past tense of ensheathe?
The past tense of ensheathe is ensheathed.

Words near ensheathe in the dictionary

  1. enshadowed
  2. enshadowing
  3. enshadows
  4. enshawled
  5. ensheath
  6. ensheathe
  7. ensheathed
  8. ensheathes
  9. ensheathing
  10. ensheathment
  11. ensheathments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ensheathe (page history and authors); ensheathe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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