sword

sword meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of sword in a sentence

• Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories...
• Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49:

All 40 example sentences with sword

Forms of sword

Plural of sword: swords

Origin of sword

Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Swērt, Swiirt, swörd (“sword”), Saterland Frisian Swid, Swäid (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Luxembourgish Schwäert (“sword”), Vilamovian świert (“sword”), Yiddish שווערד (shverd, “sword”), Danish sværd (“sword”), Faroese svørð (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Norn svird (“small longish object”), Norwegian Bokmål sverd (“sword”), Norwegian Nynorsk sverd, svørd (“sword”), Swedish svärd (“sword”); also Belarusian све́рдзел (svjérdzjel, “drill, drill bit”), Bulgarian свре́дел (svrédel, “drill, drill bit”), Czech svider (“drill bit”), Polish świder (“drill”), Russian сверло́ (sverló, “auger, bore, drill, drill bit”), Serbo-Croatian свр̏дло, svȑdlo (“auger”), Slovene sveder (“drill”), Ukrainian све́рдел (svérdel), све́рдло (svérdlo, “drill bit”).

Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a sword maker or armorer. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Sigvarðr.

Words formed from sword

• Amazon sword
• arming sword
• at half-sword
• backsword
• balisword
• bastard sword
• bearing sword
• broadsword
• broad sword
• cloak-and-sworder
• coin-sword
• court sword
• double-edged sword
• dual-edged sword
• fall on one's sword
• flaming sword
• flesh one's maiden sword
• greatsword
• hunting sword
• longsword
• long sword
• magic sword
• measure swords with
• microsword
• mortuary sword
• Newton's flaming laser sword
• Newton's laser sword
• ninja sword
• ozelot sword
• pioneer sword
• pork sword
• prop sword
• put to the sword
• rapper sword
• samurai sword
• scutching sword
• sellsword
• sell-sword
• sheathe the sword
• short sword
• shortsword
• silversword
• smallsword
• spellsword
• sward
• swoe
• sword and planet
• sword and sandal
• sword-and-sandal
• sword-and-sorcery
• sword and sorcery
• sword arm
• sword bayonet
• Sword Beach
• sword bean
• sword-bearer
• swordbearer
• swordbearing
• sword-bearing
• swordbelt

Related words

• blade

Phrases with sword

• sword mat
• sword arms
• sword cane
• sword fern
• sword hand
• sword knot
• sword lily
• sword mats
• great sword
• sword beans
• sword canes
• sword dance

Words that rhyme with sword

• ford
• ward
• board
• lord
• floored
• chord
• cord
• record
• accord
• aboard
• award
• umbilical cord

Questions about sword

What does sword mean?

Sword means a long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.

What is sword in Hindi?

Sword in Hindi is तलवार (talvār), शमशेर (śamśer). See Sword meaning in Hindi.

How do you use sword in a sentence?

Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.

What part of speech is sword?

Sword can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce sword?

Sword is pronounced /soɹd/ (US).

What is the plural of sword?

The plural of sword is swords.