sword

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

   He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.

2. 2
   noun

   a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

3. 3
   noun

   A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.

4. 4
   noun

   One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

5. 5
   noun

   Violence; military might.

6. 6
   verb

   To stab or cut with a sword

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

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 Cognate with North Frisian Swērt, Swiirt, swörd (“sword”), Saterland Frisian Swid, Swäid (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Luxembourgish Schwäert (“sword”), Vilamovian świert (“sword”), Yiddish שווערד (shverd, “sword”), Danish sværd (“sword”), Faroese svørð (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sw…