Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sword
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Sword
sword
~ n 1 a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle 2 put sb to the sword old use to kill someone with a sword 3 sword of Damocles literary the possibility of something bad or dangerous happening at any time (The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.) (- see also cross swords (with) cross1 (15))
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(swords) 1. A sword is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade. N-COUNT 2. If you cross swords with someone, you disagree with them and argue with them about something. ...a candidate who’s crossed swords with Labor by supporting the free-trade pact... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with n, pl-n PHR 3. If you say that something is a double-edged sword or a two-edged sword, you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects. PHRASE: N inflects 4. Sword of Damocles: see Damocles ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swert ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a weapon (as a cutlass or rapier) with a long blade for cutting or thrusting that is often used as a symbol of honor or authority 2. a. an agency or instrument of destruction or combat b. the use of force the pen is mightier than the ~ — E. G. Bulwer-Lytton 3. coercive power 4. something that resembles a ~ • ~like adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting or striking, and often worn as part of ceremonial dress. 2 (prec. by the) a war. b military power. Phrases and idioms put to the sword kill, esp. in war. sword-bearer an official carrying the sovereign's etc. sword on a formal occasion. sword dance a dance in which the performers brandish swords or step about swords laid on the ground. sword grass a grass, Scirpus americanus, with swordlike leaves. sword knot a ribbon or tassel attached to a sword-hilt orig. for securing it to the wrist. sword lily = GLADIOLUS. sword of Damocles an imminent danger (from Damokles, flatterer of Dionysius of Syracuse (4th c. BC) made to feast while a sword hung by a hair over him). the sword of justice judicial authority. Sword of State a sword borne before the sovereign on State occasions. sword-swallower a person ostensibly or actually swallowing sword blades as entertainment. Derivatives swordlike adj. Etymology: OE sw(e)ord f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. меч; шпага (также court sword, dress sword); рапира (также duelling sword, small sword); шашка; сабля (также cavalry sword) to draw the sword —- обнажить меч, шпагу и т. п.; начать войну to sheathe (to put up) the sword —- вложить меч в ножны; кончить войну to cross (to measure) swords —- скрестить шпаги; начать борьбу; вступить в бой; помериться силами (to do smth.) at the point of the sword —- (сделать что-л.) подчиняясь грубой силе (под угрозой применения силы) to be at swords' points —- враждовать, питать взаимную ненависть; быть на ножах sword of state —- меч, который несут впереди короля во время торжественных процессий 2. (the sword) сила оружия; военная сила; орудие смерти, разрушения at the point of the sword —- силой оружия, насильственно to put to the sword —- истребить to put to fire and sword —- предать огню и мечу 3. правосудие; возмездие (также the sword of justice) Id: the sword of Damocles —- дамоклов меч Id: to throw one's sword into the scale —- поддержать свои притязания силой оружия Id: to beat swords into ploughshares —- библ. перековать мечи на орала ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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of Damocles дамоклов меч SWORD noun 1) меч; шпага, рапира; палаш; шашка; сабля; cavalry sword - сабля; court sword - шпага; duelling sword - рапира; the sword of justice - меч правосудия, судебная власть; at swords points - на ножах; враждебный, готовый к враждебным действиям; to cross/measure swords - начать борьбу; скрестить мечи; to put to the sword - предать мечу; to sheathe the sword - вложить меч в ножны; fig. кончить войну 2) (the sword) сила оружия; война to throw ones sword into the scale - поддержать свои притязания силой оружия to beat swords into ploughshares bibl. - перековать мечи на орала ...Англо-русский словарь
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mil. abbr. Special Warfare Officer Readiment And Development univ. abbr. Students Who Occasionally Roll Dice db. abbr. System With Objects Relations And Declarativeness sport abbr. South Western Ontario Regional Dojos religion abbr. Sharing The Word And Offering A Real Difference gen. bus. abbr. Service Work Order Requests Dispatch ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. sweord, from P.Gmc. *swerdan, related to O.H.G. sweran "to hurt," from P.Gmc. *swer- "to cut." Swordfish is first attested c.1400; swordplay is O.E. sweordplege. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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