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sheathed

/ʃiːðd/

sheathed is the simple past and past participle of sheath.

Meaning of sheath

Noun

sheath (plural sheaths)

  1. A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
  2. (broadly) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
  3. The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
  4. The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
  5. One of the elytra of an insect.
  6. A tight-fitting dress.

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Words formed from sheathed

Phrases with sheathed

Questions about sheathed

What is sheathed the simple past and past participle of?
Sheathed is the simple past and past participle of sheath.
How do you pronounce sheathed?
Sheathed is pronounced /ʃiːðd/.

Words near sheathed in the dictionary

  1. sheathable
  2. sheathbill
  3. sheathbills
  4. sheathe
  5. sheathe the sword
  6. sheathed
  7. sheathed cable
  8. sheathed cables
  9. sheathed the sword
  10. sheathedst
  11. sheather

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheathed (page history and authors); sheath (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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