UNSHEATHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsheathed mean? 

• UNSHEATHED (adjective)
  The adjective UNSHEATHED has 1 sense:

1. not having a protective covering

  Familiarity information: UNSHEATHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSHEATHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not having a protective covering

Synonyms:

bare; unsheathed

Context example:

a bare blade

Antonym:

sheathed (enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination)

 Context examples 

This species is motile using one or more unsheathed polar flagella, urease, arginine dihydrolase, and lipase positive, gelatinase negative, not bioluminescent, does not require NaCl for growth, and utilizes pyruvate, lactate, glutamate, mannose, galactose, cellobiose and glycerate as its sole source of carbon and energy in 0.05% yeast extract.

(Photobacterium damselae, NCI Thesaurus)