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Meanings of unsheathe in English

Spanish
desenfundar

Draw from a sheath or scabbard.

        desenfundar
        Antonyms
        Examples for "sheathe"
        Examples for "sheathe"
        1
        I'll offer it up to you -I'llsheathe its horns in gold.
        The Odyssey
        2
        Hogg had appeared on deck and Keen heard him sheathe his cutlass.
        Colors Aloft!
        3
        It means that when brave men sheathe the sword the quarrel's done.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
        4
        I returned to the cleft then and picked up my blade's sheathe.
        The Great Book of Amber
        5
        He lifts his shirt and slides the knife back into its sheathe.
        The windup girl
        Usage of unsheathe in English
        1
        You unsheathe the knife, pressing it against the side of his throat.
        Blackbird
        2
        Caught off guard, Magiere had no time to unsheathe her weapon.
        Thief of lives
        3
        Two others hand their guns to their comrades and unsheathe knives.
        Reuters
        4
        My teammates watched me as if I might unsheathe a knife.
        Mysterious Skin
        5
        Allan stepped aside, yet did not attempt to unsheathe his sword.
        The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
        6
        Suddenly, he realized that beside him, Hemming was struggling to unsheathe his sword.
        The coming of the dragon
        7
        Why dost thou again unsheathe thy sword blue as the sky?
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        8
        Ser Galladon bore the Just Maid proudly, but only thrice did he unsheathe her.
        A feast for crows
        9
        The scythes on the edge of his wings unsheathe and he whips them out.
        World After
        10
        The foreign dogs will emerge the victors without even having to unsheathe their swords.
        Celtic fire
        11
        The commander-in-chief is sure that in future you will unsheathe it only for the Russians.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
        12
        Severe crimes called for an officer to unsheathe his samurai sword and behead the criminal.
        Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
        13
        No one would expect you to unsheathe your sword.
        Forge of Darkness
        14
        The Sultan at last resolved to unsheathe this weapon.
        Sketches
        15
        The temptation to unsheathe the knife gnawed at him.
        Heaven and the heather
        16
        For the honor of the humblest of them would the great jeddak himself unsheathe his sword.
        The Chessmen of Mars
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        Translations for unsheathe
        Unsheathe through the time