sword


Definition: Meaning of, sword in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɔːd /

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sword swords
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  1. a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle
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  2. a/the sword of Damocles literary a bad thing that might happen at any time
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  3. put somebody to the sword literary to kill someone with a sword
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  4. turn/beat swords into ploughshares literary to start using money, equipment, and skills for peaceful purposes rather than for fighting
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sword used in phrases

  • Australian sword lily (noun)
    1. sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
  • Bearer of the Sword (noun)
    1. a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
  • cavalry sword (noun)
    1. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
  • fencing sword (noun)
    1. a sword used in the sport of fencing
  • sword bean (noun)
    1. twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
  • sword cane (noun)
    1. a cane concealing a sword or dagger
  • sword dance (noun)
    1. a dance in which people dance over swords or using swords
  • sword dancing (noun)
    1. any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air
  • sword fern (noun)
    1. any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
  • sword grass (noun)
    1. any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges
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