sword
//soɹd//
Forms
- Plural
- swords
- present (v1)
- sword
- past (v2)
- sworded
- past participle (v3)
- sworded
- present participle
- swording
- 3rd person singular
- swords
Definitions
1.A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
- He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
- Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.
2.A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
3.One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
4.Violence; military might.
1.To stab or cut with a sword
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3628
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”).
Cognates