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sheath
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English s??aþ (“sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA(key): /?i??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i?/
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
sheath (plural sheaths)
- A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
- (by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
- Synonyms: case, casing, cover, covering, envelope
- (botany) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
- (electrical engineering) The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
- (entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.
- (fashion) A tight-fitting dress.
- (zoology) The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
- (Britain, informal) A condom.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
Derived terms
- leaf sheath
- myelin sheath
- sheathy
Related terms
- sheathe
- heliosheath
- resheath, resheathe
- unsheath, unsheathe
Translations
Etymology 2
A variant of sheathe.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA(key): /?i?ð/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ið/
- Rhymes: -i?ð
Verb
sheath (third-person singular simple present sheaths, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)
- Alternative spelling of sheathe
- Antonym: unsheath
Derived terms
- ensheath, insheath
- resheath
- unsheath
References
Further reading
- sheath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- sheath in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sheath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- heaths
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catheter
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cathéter, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kathet?r, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from ??????? (kathí?mi, “to descend, let down”) + -??? (-t?r, “suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæ??t?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kæ??t??/
- Hyphenation: ca?the?ter
Noun
catheter (plural catheters)
- (medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- catheter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Charette, catereth, charette, cheretta, createth
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka??te?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: ca?the?ter
Noun
catheter m (plural catheters, diminutive cathetertje n)
- Superseded spelling of katheter.
Usage notes
- The spelling catheter was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.
Derived terms
- catheterisatie
Portuguese
Noun
catheter m (plural catheteres)
- Obsolete spelling of cateter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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