sheathed
past simple and past participle ofsheathe
sheathe
verb[T]
uk/ʃiːð/us/ʃiːð/to put aknifeback insideitssheath
literary
tocoversomething in athickorprotectivelayerof asubstance:
Thelandscapewas sheathedinice.
Wrapping, packing and loading
- blister pack
- bottle
- Bubble Wrap
- bundle
- bundle (someone) up
- freighter
- package
- packaged
- packaging
- packer
- packet
- packing
- parcel
- parcelsomethingup
- polystyrene
- sheathe
- shrink-wrap
- tinned
- traffic light
- vacuum-packed
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Examplesofsheathed
sheathed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Each culture was controlled every day until the appearance ofsheathedthird stage larvae.
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Such wiring wassheathedin rubber or it was leadcoated.
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Let it be remembered that to play the hawks one needs two essential characteristics of those birds—talons, however neatlysheathed, and vision.
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I am informed that a new type of cable has been developed which issheathedwith polythene and not, as the old cables were, with wires.
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They aresheathedin ice.
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Heaven knows when it will besheathed.
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The iron-hulled ship was fitted with a ram and wassheathedin wood and copper to reduce fouling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has a low-pitched roof and is partiallysheathedin sheet metal imitations of rusticated cement blocks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was built between 1810 and 1820, and issheathedwith beaded cypress weatherboards and covered with a medium-pitched wood shingle roof.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is of wood frame construction,sheathedin un-beaded weatherboards, and covered by a standing seam metal roof.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was built in 1818, and is a two-story church that issheathedin beaded weatherboard and has a medium pitched gable roof.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first floor is built of brick and above the house issheathedin shingles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It wassheathedin lead-coated copper and topped with a wooden cupola.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was built about 1817, and is a two-story, log farmhousesheathedin weatherboard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It issheathedin narrow clapboards and features a fully pedimented portico and a two stage bell tower.
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