Meaning of sword | Babel Free
[sɔɹd]Definitions
- 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
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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. countable
- A surname.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination. A card of this suit
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- A card of this suit
- A card of this suit.
- One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended
- One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- Violence; military might
Equivalents
Afrikaans
swaard
አማርኛ
ሰይፍ
Azərbaycanca
qılınc
Български
меч
བོད་སྐད
རལ་གྲི
Català
espasa
Čeština
meč
Cymraeg
cleddyf
Dansk
sværd
Esperanto
glavo
Eesti
mõõk
Euskara
ezpata
Gaeilge
claíomh
Galego
espada
Magyar
kard
Bahasa Indonesia
pedang
Íslenska
sverð
Қазақша
қылыш
ខ្មែរ
ដាវ
ಕನ್ನಡ
ಕತ್ತಿ
Кыргызча
кылыч
Lingála
mompanga
Latviešu
zobens
Malagasy
antsifotsy
Te Reo Māori
hoari
മലയാളം
വാള്
मराठी
तलवार
Bahasa Melayu
pedang
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ဓား
Nederlands
zwaard
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਤਲਵਾਰ
Slovenčina
meč
Svenska
svärd
தமிழ்
வாள்
తెలుగు
కత్తి
ትግርኛ
ሴፍ
Türkmençe
gylyç
Tagalog
tabak
ئۇيغۇرچە
قىلىچ
Українська
меч
Oʻzbekcha
qilich
Examples
“He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.”
“Malicious tunges, though they have no bones, Are ſharper then ſwordes, ſturdier then ſtones.”
“Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.”
“Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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