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CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY

sabre

POS

Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

sa=bre

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sabre has 2 senses

sabre(n = noun.artifact) saber - a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle; Array

is a kind of fencing sword

Derived forms verb sabre₂, verb sabre₁

sabre(n = noun.artifact) cavalry sword, saber - a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back; Array

has particulars: scimitar

is a kind of blade, brand, steel, sword

Derived forms verb sabre₂, verb sabre₁

Verb sabre has 2 senses

sabre(v = verb.contact) saber - cut or injure with a saber; Array

is one way to cut

Derived forms noun sabre₂, noun sabre₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

sabre(v = verb.contact) saber - kill with a saber; Array

is one way to kill

Derived forms noun sabre₂, noun sabre₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sabre, n. [F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.].

A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. [1913 Webster]

Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish.

sabre, v. t. [Cf. F. sabrer.].

To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. [1913 Webster]

"You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission." [1913 Webster]

sabre, n. & v.

See Saber. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sabre, n. & v. (US saber)
--n.
1 a cavalry sword with a curved blade.
2 a cavalry soldier and horse.
3 a light fencing-sword with a tapering blade.
--v.tr. cut down or wound with a sabre.

Idiom

sabre-bill any S. American bird of the genus Campylorhamphus with a long curved bill. sabre-cut
1 a blow with a sabre.
2 a wound made or a scar left by this. sabre-rattling a display or threat of military force. sabre-toothed designating any of various extinct mammals having long sabre-shaped upper canines. sabre-wing a S. American humming-bird, Campylopterus falcatus, with curved wings.

Etymology

F, earlier sable f. G Sabel, S{auml}bel, Schabel f. Pol. szabla or Magyar szablya

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