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unsheathe

unsheathe verb: to deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.

Verb

unsheathe (third-person singular simple present unsheathes, present participle unsheathing, simple past and past participle unsheathed)

  1. To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
    • When I unsheathe the blade, it makes such a satisfying sound that I do it again.2020, Raven Leilani, Luster, Picador (2021), page 76
    • Yes, Europe shared many of the concerns that had prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to unsheathe the tariff sword and seek to reshape trade with China.2024 May 9, Ned Temko, “On rare visit, Xi Jinping tries to rescue China’s relationship with Europe”, in The Christian Science Monitor
    Synonyms:
    draw, pull out, desheath

unsheathe meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic and Indonesian

unsheathe in Tamil

உறையிலிருந்து உருவு, மேலுறை அகற்றி எடு, மேல்மூடியைத் திற, வெளிப்படுத்து, திறந்துகாட்டு

unsheathe in Sanskrit

to unsheathe
विवृ vivṛ

unsheathe in Arabic

to pull a sword from a sheath
اِسْتَلّ istall, شَهَرَ šahara

unsheathe in Indonesian

to pull a sword from a sheath
hunus
More languagesFewer languages
unsheathe in Vietnamese
tuốt, rút

Synonyms of unsheathe

Forms of unsheathe

third-person singular presentunsheathes
present participleunsheathing
past participleunsheathed
pastunsheathed
alternative form (obsolete)unsheath

Origin of unsheathe

From un- + sheathe.

Words that rhyme with unsheathe

Questions about unsheathe

What does unsheathe mean?
Unsheathe means to deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
What is unsheathe in Tamil?
Unsheathe in Tamil is உறையிலிருந்து உருவு, மேலுறை அகற்றி எடு, மேல்மூடியைத் திற. See Unsheathe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unsheathe?
Unsheathe is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsheathe?
The past tense of unsheathe is unsheathed.

Words near unsheathe in the dictionary

  1. unshawls
  2. unshazamable
  3. unshazammable
  4. unsheared
  5. unsheath
  6. unsheathe
  7. unsheathed
  8. unsheathes
  9. unsheathing
  10. unsheathings
  11. unsheaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsheathe (page history and authors); unsheathe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विवृ (Sanskrit) (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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