sword in Kashmiri कॉशुर
sword in Sindhi سنڌي
sword in Telugu తెలుగు
sword in English
- sword⇄adj. swordlike.
- sword⇄expr. be at swords' points, to be very unfriendly; be avowed enemies.
Ex. They were at swords' points as a result of the election. - sword⇄expr. cross swords,
a. to fight.
Ex. Few men ventured to cross swords with him (Scott).
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. They rarely met without crossing swords on one matter if not another (Lynn Linton). - sword⇄expr. draw the sword, to begin a war.
Ex. He would not draw the sword against his king. - sword⇄expr. measure swords,
a. to fight with swords.
Ex. You ... wanted to measure swords with Mohun, did you? (Thackeray).
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. The senator has often measured swords with his colleagues on the issue of foreign relatio - sword⇄expr. put to the sword, to kill with a sword; slaughter at war.
Ex. De Thermes ... took the fortress of Broughty, and put the garrison to the sword (David Hume). - sword⇄expr. sheathe the sword, to end a war.
Ex. The sword should not be sheathed till he had been brought to condign punishment as a traitor (Macaulay). - sword⇄expr. the sword,
a. war.
Ex. If I were young again the sword should end it (Shakespeare).
b. fighting or military power.
Ex. Those that live by the sword shall perish by the sword. The pen is mightier than the sword (Edward G. B - sword⇄sword orSword of Damocles
disaster that may occur at any moment (with allusion to the sword suspended by a single hair over the head of Damocles).
Ex. In old age we live under the shadow of Death, which, like a sword of Damocles may descend at - sword⇄sword, noun.
1. a weapon, usually metal, with a long, sharp blade fixed in a handle or hilt.
(SYN) rapier, saber, blade, cutlass, scimitar.
2. (Figurative.) something that wounds or kills; destroying agency.
Ex. He hath loosed th