Was (wer) ist sheath - definition
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Sheath (disambiguation)
Sheath
·noun Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
II. Sheath ·noun One of the elytra of an Insect.
III. Sheath ·noun The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
IV. Sheath ·noun A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
sheath
(sheaths)
1.
A sheath is a covering for the blade of a knife.
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2.
A sheath is a rubber covering for a man's penis and is used during sex as a contraceptive or as a protection against disease. (BRIT)
= condom
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sheath
n.
1.
Case (as for a sword), scabbard.
2.
(Bot.) Base of a leaf (when it is wrapped around a stem).
3.
(Ent.) Wing-case.
Wikipedia
Sheath
Sheath pronounced as , may refer to:
- Scabbard, a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade, as well as guns, such as rifles.
- The outer covering of a cable
- Condom, a kind of contraception
- Debye sheath, a layer of a plasma in physics
- Heliosheath, the region of the heliosphere beyond the termination shock
- Koteka, a penis sheath worn by some natives of New Guinea
- Sheath (album), a 2003 techno album by LFO
- Sheath dress, a type of dress
- Kosha, an element in human being makeup according to Hinduist philosophy
Aussprachebeispiele für sheath
1. ties her Audrey Hepburn style sheath sash.
The Partner Track _ Helen Wan _ Talks at Google
2. this Is a gold dagger sheath--
The Scythians - Nomad Warriors of the Steppe _ Barry Cunliffe _ Talks at Google
3. sheath that keeps everything sliding along
nicely.
Why Don't Sleeping Bats Fall Down
4. because we can sheath the building with these things,
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5. dive into a woman like a sword into a sheath.
Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll _ Zoe Cormier _ Talks at Google
Beispiele aus Textkorpus für sheath
1. Four months later the police scaled back a news blackout on the case, and the public was asked to help identify a knife sheath found at the murder scene, and to report anyone who possessed a sheath of that sort.
2. Four months later the police scaled back the news blackout on the case, and the public was asked to help identify a knife sheath found at the murder scene or report anyone who possessed a sheath of that sort.
3. I put my sword, sheath, spear and shoes close to my pillow and went to sleep.
4. This destroys myelin, the fatty protective sheath around nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord.
5. The dress would be nicer had it been just a simple sheath, without the over flap.