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Noun
/SHēTH/,
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sheaths, plural;
  1. A close-fitting cover for something, esp. something that is elongated in shape, in particular

  2. A cover for the blade of a knife or sword

  3. A structure in living tissue that closely envelops another
    • - the fatty sheath around nerve fibers
  4. A woman's close-fitting dress
    • - a tight sheath of black and gold lurex
  5. A protective covering around an electric cable

  6. A condom

  1. a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
  2. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
  3. cocktail dress: a dress suitable for formal occasions
  4. (sheathed) enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper"; "copper-sheathed"
  5. Sheath is the third album by the British IDM act LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 2003.
  6. A scabbard; a holster for a sword; Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case; A tight-fitting dress; A condom; The skin covering the penis of e.g. ...
  7. (sheaths) Usually have straight or close fitting skirts, accompanied by a form fitting bodice. The skirt is often ankle length and sometimes has a slit in either the front, side, or back to make walking easier.
  8. (sheaths) the oldest Vedantic knowledge tells us of five degrees of our being, the material, the vital, the mental, the ideal, the spiritual or beatific and to each of these grades of our soul there corresponds a grade of our substance, a sheath as it was called in the ancient figurative ...
  9. The tube shaped, basal section of the grass leaf enclosing the stem.
  10. a slim, body-hugging wedding dress silhouette.
  11. Straight, fitted gown , often floor length.  May be worn with a detachable train.
  12. The material, usually an extruded plastic or elastomer, applied outermost to a wire or cable. Very often referred to as a jacket, or an impervious metal covering usually lead.
  13. The woven outer cover on a climbing rope or accessory cordage.
  14. a conduplicate, tubular to bract-like structure that is at the base of a leaf and has the inflorescence arise from it
  15. Case or cover such as an enveloping tubular structure like the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.
  16. Similar to conduit, the sheath is an outer casing that encloses multiple strands of electric wire or fiber-optic cable.
  17. A tubular, surrounding or enveloping structure.
  18. The flattened base of a leaf that wraps around a stem.
  19. a tube-like which covers another part of a plant, as in the lower portion of the leaf of grasses and sedges which surrounds the stem.
  20. the covering around a tendon. Sometimes it is the sheath and not the tendon that gets inflamed (see tenosynovitis below).
  21. the part of a leaf that encases the newly emerging culms. The sheath is most prominent on the culm leaves of new shoots, and less prominent on foliage leaves.
  22. (usually referring to leaves) a long, tubular stem-clasping part.
  23. The parts of the shell surrounding the orifice.
  24. The protecting sheath on the culm of the bamboo when it is young.
  25. Cuticle of a larval nematode that is retained around the body; may serve as protection; used to help identify microfilariae (Wuchereria, Brugia, Loa)