Related Questions
sheathing [shee-thing]
Main Entry:
sheathe [sheeth]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: envelop
Synonyms: cover, encase, enclose, surround, wrap
Main Entry: encapsulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encase
Synonyms: box, cover, enclose, envelop, sheathe, wrap
Main Entry: envelop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encase, hide
Synonyms: blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up
Notes: envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun
Antonyms: free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap
Main Entry: face
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put paint or finish on
Synonyms: clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, finish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer
Main Entry: line
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put covering inside object
Synonyms: bush, ceil, cover, encrust, face, fill, incrust, interline, overlay, panel, quilt, reinforce, sheath, stuff, wad, wainscot
Antonyms: strip, unline
Main Entry: pod
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Definition: encasement of vegetable seeds
Synonyms: capsule, case, covering, hull, husk, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, skin, vessel
Main Entry: retract
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take back; renege on
Synonyms: abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one's mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one's words, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart, nig, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh, withdraw
Antonyms: corroborate, emphasize, reaffirm, repeat
Main Entry: skin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outer covering, especially of animate being
Synonyms: bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum
Antonyms: body, core, interior, middle
Main Entry: wrap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround with a covering
Synonyms: absorb, bandage, bind, bundle, bundle up, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cover, drape, encase, encircle, enclose, enfold, envelop, fold, gift-wrap, hide, immerse, invest, mask, muffle, pack, package, protect, roll up, sheathe, shelter, shroud, swaddle, swathe, twine, veil, wind
Antonyms: uncover, unwrap
More ResultsPREVIOUS|12|NEXT
Search another word or see sheathingon Dictionary |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature