swords
UK/sɔːdz//sɔɹdz/
swords is the plural of sword.
Meaning of sword
Noun
sword (plural swords)
- 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.
- He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- Violence; military might.
Proper noun capitalized: Swords
IPA/sɔː(ɹ)dz/
Swords
Origin of swords
Derived from Irish Sord.
Phrases with swords
- two swords
- long swords
- pork swords
- prop swords
- broad swords
- court swords
- cross swords
- fairy swords
- magic swords
- ninja swords
- short swords
- Amazon swords
39 more phrasesFewer phrases
- arming swords
- ozelot swords
- rapper swords
- bastard swords
- bearing swords
- crossed swords
- crosses swords
- flaming swords
- hunting swords
- measure swords
- pioneer swords
- samurai swords
- crossing swords
- measured swords
- measures swords
- mortuary swords
- swords of state
- two-hand swords
- measuring swords
- scutching swords
- two-edged swords
- dual-edged swords
- swords and sorcery
- swords of Damocles
- double-edged swords
- measure swords with
- measured swords with
- measures swords with
- swords to plowshares
- measuring swords with
- swords to ploughshares
- beat one's swords into plowshares
- beats one's swords into plowshares
- beat one's swords into ploughshares
- beaten one's swords into plowshares
- beating one's swords into plowshares
- beats one's swords into ploughshares
- beaten one's swords into ploughshares
- beating one's swords into ploughshares
Words that rhyme with swords
Questions about swords
- What does swords mean?
- Swords means a town in Fingal, Ireland.
- What is swords the plural of?
- Swords is the plural of sword.
- What part of speech is swords?
- Swords is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce swords?
- Swords is pronounced /sɔɹdz/ (US).
Words near swords in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swords (page history and authors); Swords (page history and authors); sword (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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