HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sword
/soɹd/
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“A sword in the museum.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does sword mean?
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.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- A card of this suit.
More meanings (4)
noun
- One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- (figuratively) Violence; military might.
verb
- To stab or cut with a sword
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/soɹd/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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“Undoubtedly. Shall I go waylay him and run my sword through him? That were indeed the quickest way out of the difficulty.”
Raising his finger to his lips and then tapping his sword in a significant manner, the youth crept noiselessly toward the vessel.
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“I’m going to buy a new drum, and a sure’nough sword, and a red necktie and a bull pup, and get married.”
He thought of his father’s sword, which his grandfather had sold to a second-hand dealer, and which he had so mournfully regretted.
Indeed the blade was huge and brown and ancient, and sword and man had looked a very terror save to one great-hearted.