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Definition: Unsheathe |
UnsheatheVerb1. Draw from a sheathe or scabbard, as of a sword. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unsheathe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Antonym: sheathe (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Warfare | Verb: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, dig up the tomahawk; go to war, wage war, 'let slip the dogs of war'; cry havoc; kindle the torch of war, light the torch of war; raise one's banner, raise the fire cross; hoist the black flag; throw away, fling away the scabbard; enroll, enlist; take the field; take the law into one's own hands; do battle, give battle, join battle, engage in battle, go to battle; flesh one's sword; set to, fall to, engage, measure swords with, draw the trigger, cross swords; come to blows, come to close quarters; fight; combat; contend; battle with, break a lance with. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "unsheathe": To unsheathe the sword. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "unsheathe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpall luftë, heq nga këllëfi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إستل (draw, yank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изваждам от ножницата. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vytasit z pochvy, tasit meè. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ازغلاف دراوردن , ازغلاف بیرون کشیدن , اختن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dégainer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ziehen (ache, be draughty, be popular, breed, brew, build, drag, dragging pain, draw, drift, erect, extract, fly, go, go down well, grow, haul, haul up, heave, infuse, lift, lift up, make, March, marinade, migrate, penetrate, process, production, pull, pull out, pulling, raise, remove, sail, simmer, strain, stretch, suck, take out, tear, to pull, traction, trail, transmigrate, tug, twitch, wander, wheel, work out, yank out), entblößen (bare, denude, divest, draw, expose, reveal, to bare, to denude, to divest, uncover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκβάλλω τησ θήκησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשלוף חרב, לשלוף (draw out, fish out, pull off, take off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kardot kiránt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mencabut (abrogate, depriviate, draw, jiggle, pull, pull out, rescind, revoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfoderare (make a display, remove the lining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 抜き"つ (to unsheathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぬきはなつ (to unsheathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eatheunshay tirar da bainha, desembainhar. (various references) вынимать из ножен. (various references) zaratiti (make war), isukati (draw). (various references) desenvainar (bare, shell). (various references) dra ur skidan. (various references) kınından çıkarmak. (various references) виймати з піхов. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unsheathe": unsheathed, unsheathes. (additional references) | |
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"Unsheathe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exsheath, exsheaths, unseath, unsheath. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-h-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: ensheath, heathens. | |
-2 letters: enthuse, ethanes, heathen, sheathe. | |
-3 letters: aeneus, enates, ethane, hasten, haunts, hausen, heaths, sateen, senate, sheath, snathe, tenues, thanes, unease, unhats, unseat, usneae. | |
-4 letters: antes, ashen, aunts, eaten, enate, ensue, etnas, haets, hanse, hants, haste, hates, haunt, haute, heath, heats, hents, heths, hunts, nates, neath, neats, saute, sente, setae, sheen, sheet, shent. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-h-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: unsheathed, unsheathes. | |
+2 letters: headhunters. | |
+3 letters: thunderheads, unhealthiest. | |
+4 letters: haughtinesses, healthfulness, unhealthiness. | |
+5 letters: hexamethoniums. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 73 68 65 61 74 68 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... .... . .- - .... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110011 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n s h e a t h e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0073 0068 0065 0061 0074 0068 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558085747167867471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Expressions 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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