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unsheathe

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -iːð

1

verb

Meaning 1

To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draw, pull out, desheath

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

draw from a sheath or scabbard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the knight unsheathed his sword

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: sheathe

Broader terms: draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out

History

Etymology

From un- + sheathe.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِسْتَلّ (istall) — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Arabic: شَهَرَ (šahara) — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Azerbaijani: sıyırmaq — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Bulgarian: изваждам от ножницата (izvaždam ot nožnicata) — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Catalan: desembeinar — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Finnish: vetää tupesta — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • French: dégainer — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Indonesian: hunus — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Italian: sguainare — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Polish: obnażać — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Polish: obnażyć — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Portuguese: desembainhar — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Russian: обнажи́ть (obnažítʹ) — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Spanish: desenvainar — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Vietnamese: tuốt — to pull a sword from a sheath
  • Vietnamese: rút — to pull a sword from a sheath