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Meaning of sword | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
[sɔɹd]

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
  2. 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
  3. A surname.
  4. A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination. A card of this suit
  5. A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
  6. A card of this suit
  7. A card of this suit.
  8. One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended
  9. One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
  10. Violence; military might

Equivalents

Afrikaans swaard
አማርኛ ሰይፍ
العربية السيف حسام سيف
Azərbaycanca qılınc
Беларуская меч шабля
Български меч
བོད་སྐད རལ་གྲི
Català espasa
Čeština meč
Cymraeg cleddyf
Dansk sværd
Esperanto glavo
Eesti mõõk
Euskara ezpata
فارسی سیف شمشیر
Français épée épéiste glaive
Gaeilge claíomh
Gàidhlig claidheamh slòighre
Galego espada
ગુજરાતી તલવાર શમશેર
עברית חרב סַיִף
Magyar kard
Հայերեն թուր սուր
Bahasa Indonesia pedang
Íslenska sverð
Italiano brando ghiado gladio spada stocco
日本語 刀剣
Қазақша қылыш
ខ្មែរ ដាវ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕತ್ತಿ
한국어 도검
Кыргызча кылыч
Lingála mompanga
Lietuvių kalavijas kardas
Latviešu zobens
Malagasy antsifotsy
Te Reo Māori hoari
Македонски меч мечувалец
മലയാളം വാള്
Монгол илд сэлэм
मराठी तलवार
Bahasa Melayu pedang
Malti sejf xabla
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဓား
Nederlands zwaard
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਤਲਵਾਰ
Polski miecz mieczowy
Română sabie spadă
Slovenčina meč
Slovenščina meč sablja
Shqip palle shkallmë shpatë thikare
Српски gladio meč sablja spada tabak меч шпага
Svenska svärd
தமிழ் வாள்
తెలుగు కత్తి
Тоҷикӣ сайф шамшер
ትግርኛ ሴፍ
Türkmençe gylyç
Tagalog tabak
ئۇيغۇرچە قىلىچ
Українська меч
Oʻzbekcha qilich
Tiếng Việt gươm kiếm
中文 劍 /剑

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

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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