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What is the adjective for sheath?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs sheath and sheathe which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sheathable
  1. (rare) Capable of being sheathed. (usually a bladed weapon of some kind)
  2. Synonyms:
sheathy
  1. Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And I look at my shoes and tuck the black sheathy umbrella cover sticking out of my pocket farther inside.”
      “Spite the black sheathy thing in your pocket by depriving it of its single purpose.”
sheathlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sheath.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Wearing only an open, sheathlike black cloak, the actress holds an extravagantly long chain of flowers that trails awkwardly alongside her.”
      “It features a prominent partial veil which covers the young gills and later forms a sheathlike covering on the lower stem, with the upper edge flaring outward to form a ring.”
sheathless
  1. Without a sheath.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A variety of tip shapes and conducting coatings were evaluated using an electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometer run in the sheathless mode.”
      “We developed a new sheathless technique for percutaneous intraaortic balloon catheter insertion which reduces the effective catheter diameter.”
sheathed
sheathing
sheathed
sheathing
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