Sheathed
Sheathed adjective - Enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination.
Usage example: a ship's bottom sheathed in copper
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Synonyms for Sheathed
Unsheathed is an antonym for sheathed.
Unsheathed
Unsheathed adjective - Not having a protective covering.
Usage example: unsheathed cables
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Synonyms for Unsheathed
Sheathed is an antonym for unsheathed.
Nearby Word: unsheathing
Both words in one sentence
- With his sword sheathed, he is more of a defensive combatant, and with it unsheathed, he acts more offensively.
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Evil Weapon: Tyrfing always has to kill someone when unsheathed, and must be sheathed covered with warm blood.
- Draw Sword, Draw Blood: Tyrfing "could never be held unsheathed without being the death of a man, and it always had to be sheathed with blood still warm upon it." This is told as a plain fact in the older version; in the younger version is is a curse laid on the sword by the dwarfs that made it.
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