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sheathe
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English shethen (“to put (a sword or knife) into a sheath, sheathe; to provide with a sheath; (figuratively) to have sexual intercourse”) [and other forms], then:
- probably from Old English *sc?aþian; or
- possibly from Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms] + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Sheth(e) is derived 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).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA(key): /?i?ð/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ið/
- Rhymes: -i?ð
Verb
sheathe (third-person singular simple present sheathes, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)
- (transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- Antonym: unsheathe
- (transitive) To encase (something) with a protective covering.
- Antonym: unsheathe
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 232]:
- But he could never come up with enough enchantment or dream material to sheathe himself in. It would not cover.
- (transitive) Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
- Antonym: unsheathe
- (transitive, dated or literary, poetic, figuratively) To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.
- (transitive, obsolete or rare, figuratively) To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)
- (transitive, obsolete) To provide (a sword, etc.) with a sheath.
- (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To relieve the harsh or painful effect of (a drug, a poison, etc.).
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- sheath
Derived terms
Translations
References
sheathe From the web:
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blanket
English
Etymology
From Middle English blanket, blonket, from Old Northern French blanket, blankete, blanquette (Modern French blanchet), diminutive of blanc (“white”). More at blank. Apparently cognate to blunket, plunket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?blæ?k?t/
- Rhymes: -æ?k?t
Noun
blanket (plural blankets)
- A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
- The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
- A layer of anything.
- The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
- A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
- A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
- A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- comforter
- doona
- duvet
- quilt
Adjective
blanket (comparative more blanket, superlative most blanket)
- General; covering or encompassing everything.
Synonyms
- all-encompassing, exhaustive; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
Translations
Verb
blanket (third-person singular simple present blankets, present participle blanketing, simple past and past participle blanketed)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
- A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
- 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- I see the moon go off watch, and the darkness begin to blanket the river.
- (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
- The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
- (transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
- 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The Silent Woman
- We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall.
- 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The Silent Woman
- (transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
- (transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
- Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.
Translations
Danish
Noun
blanket
- form (document)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English blanket.
Noun
blanket
- blanket
blanket From the web:
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