Sabre
noun
A heavy sword with a curved blade, mainly used for cavalry in the past.
The knight wielded a shining sabre, ready to fight his opponents.
Often appears as...
- draw a sabre
- wield a sabre
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Historical
noun
A sport saber used in modern fencing.
He took up his sabre and prepared to begin the fencing match.
Often appears as...
- swing a sabre
- block with a sabre
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Sport
noun
A tool with a curved blade used for cutting grass or crops by hand.
Farmers in rural areas often use a sabre to harvest their crops.
Often appears as...
- swing a sabre
- sharpen a sabre
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Agriculture
noun
A heavy sword with a curved blade, mainly used for cavalry in the past.
The knight wielded a shining sabre, ready to fight his opponents.
Often appears as...
- draw a sabre
- wield a sabre
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A sport saber used in modern fencing.
He took up his sabre and prepared to begin the fencing match.
Often appears as...
- swing a sabre
- block with a sabre
Usage tips
Sport
noun
A tool with a curved blade used for cutting grass or crops by hand.
Farmers in rural areas often use a sabre to harvest their crops.
Often appears as...
- swing a sabre
- sharpen a sabre
Usage tips
Agriculture
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Weapon
Used to refer to weapons from history, not common in modern times.
Museums often display sabres from medieval battles.
Pro Tip 2/3Cavalry Association
Associated with mounted troops; think of horses and battlefield roles.
Cavalry soldiers brandished sabres in the charge.
Pro Tip 3/3Decorative Connotation
May symbolize honor or status when worn decoratively.
The general wore his ceremonial sabre with pride.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Weapon
Used to refer to weapons from history, not common in modern times.
Museums often display sabres from medieval battles.
Pro Tip 2/3Cavalry Association
Associated with mounted troops; think of horses and battlefield roles.
Cavalry soldiers brandished sabres in the charge.
Pro Tip 3/3Decorative Connotation
May symbolize honor or status when worn decoratively.
The general wore his ceremonial sabre with pride.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Weapon
Used to refer to weapons from history, not common in modern times.
Museums often display sabres from medieval battles.
Pro Tip 2/3Cavalry Association
Associated with mounted troops; think of horses and battlefield roles.
Cavalry soldiers brandished sabres in the charge.
Pro Tip 3/3Decorative Connotation
May symbolize honor or status when worn decoratively.
The general wore his ceremonial sabre with pride.
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A Rare Look Into the...
All I really wanted to do when I was there was just open a window onto a country that people knew nothing about. To get past all the geopolitics and all the saber rattling between countries and to show that some young army conscript like that was a real person, to show that there was something worth understanding
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Steven Strogatz: How...
which was -- he remembered as a kid reading Flash Gordon comic books, and he said that when Flash Gordon would come to an abyss, he would shoot what today would be a kind of a light saber. He would shoot his light saber across the abyss, making a blade of light, and then scamper across on this blade of light.
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National Geographic...
California that same summer that I met Becca she was falling in love with this guy named Zach Orman and I've loved them dearly ever since this is saber party she's a River ecologist and I have never seen anybody get so excited about water quality measures invertebrates slimy
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How to saber a bottle of...
me completely bonkers I did not want to have to depend on people other people my whole life to enjoy the bubbly well thankfully a couple of years ago I attended a retreat called the mighty summit and my friend Helen Jane taught me how to saber a bottle of champagne
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A day in the life of a...
cost him any remaining local support. Now, with Doroshenko deposed and exiled, the Cossacks are at odds, disagreeing on what their next move should be. Until then, Stepan must keep order. With his musket and curved saber, he cuts an imposing figure.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
you know feed hoist train them keep them safe she's very interested in me I said I think last night someone said she's got a good pea heart enormous ears enormous ears she's looking right at Sabre I think she's got a a fetish for
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Edith Widder: The weird...
Colorization and sound effects added for you viewing pleasure. But we have no idea why it does that. Here's another one. This is also a sea pen. It's got a brittle star hitching a ride. It's a green saber of light.
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The weird, wonderful...
pleasure but we have no idea why it does that here's another one this is also a see pen it's got a brittle star hitching a ride it's a green saber of light and like the one you just saw it can produce
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Three Playful Cheetahs,...
no no no no that is inedible okay fella put it down oh okay it's three against one i get it right so mums at my camera mama you've got my coat saber you're
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Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
well perseverance has paid off so just as Steve and saber arrived with the drone we managed to bump into with the car exactly where I found on foot so we
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A Rare Look Into the...
All I really wanted to do when I was there was just open a window onto a country that people knew nothing about. To get past all the geopolitics and all the saber rattling between countries and to show that some young army conscript like that was a real person, to show that there was something worth understanding
Video examples
Steven Strogatz: How...
which was -- he remembered as a kid reading Flash Gordon comic books, and he said that when Flash Gordon would come to an abyss, he would shoot what today would be a kind of a light saber. He would shoot his light saber across the abyss, making a blade of light, and then scamper across on this blade of light.
Video examples
National Geographic...
California that same summer that I met Becca she was falling in love with this guy named Zach Orman and I've loved them dearly ever since this is saber party she's a River ecologist and I have never seen anybody get so excited about water quality measures invertebrates slimy
Video examples
How to saber a bottle of...
me completely bonkers I did not want to have to depend on people other people my whole life to enjoy the bubbly well thankfully a couple of years ago I attended a retreat called the mighty summit and my friend Helen Jane taught me how to saber a bottle of champagne
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
cost him any remaining local support. Now, with Doroshenko deposed and exiled, the Cossacks are at odds, disagreeing on what their next move should be. Until then, Stepan must keep order. With his musket and curved saber, he cuts an imposing figure.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
you know feed hoist train them keep them safe she's very interested in me I said I think last night someone said she's got a good pea heart enormous ears enormous ears she's looking right at Sabre I think she's got a a fetish for
Video examples
Edith Widder: The weird...
Colorization and sound effects added for you viewing pleasure. But we have no idea why it does that. Here's another one. This is also a sea pen. It's got a brittle star hitching a ride. It's a green saber of light.
Video examples
The weird, wonderful...
pleasure but we have no idea why it does that here's another one this is also a see pen it's got a brittle star hitching a ride it's a green saber of light and like the one you just saw it can produce
Video examples
Three Playful Cheetahs,...
no no no no that is inedible okay fella put it down oh okay it's three against one i get it right so mums at my camera mama you've got my coat saber you're
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
well perseverance has paid off so just as Steve and saber arrived with the drone we managed to bump into with the car exactly where I found on foot so we
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Greg van Eekhout
Writer
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city, in an area called the Miracle Mile, for crying out loud, we have these eldritch ponds of dark, bubbling goo. And down in the muck, there're all these amazing fossils: mammoth and saber tooth cat and dire wolf.
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Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer
I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.
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Paul S. Kemp
American Author
Luke and Vader's light saber duel in 'Return of the Jedi' gives me chills every time. Even the still photo of the two of them in silhouette, sabers crossed, gives me a rush.
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Charlie Rose
American Journalist
I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.
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Tom Shales
American Writer
Larry King's show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.
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Howard E. Koch
American Playwright
If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.
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Ewan McGregor
Scottish Actor
I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.
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Alisher Usmanov
Businessman
I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team.
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Greg van Eekhout
Writer
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city, in an area called the Miracle Mile, for crying out loud, we have these eldritch ponds of dark, bubbling goo. And down in the muck, there're all these amazing fossils: mammoth and saber tooth cat and dire wolf.
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Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer
I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.
Quote examples
Paul S. Kemp
American Author
Luke and Vader's light saber duel in 'Return of the Jedi' gives me chills every time. Even the still photo of the two of them in silhouette, sabers crossed, gives me a rush.
Quote examples
Charlie Rose
American Journalist
I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.
Quote examples
Tom Shales
American Writer
Larry King's show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.
Quote examples
Howard E. Koch
American Playwright
If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.
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Ewan McGregor
Scottish Actor
I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.
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Alisher Usmanov
Businessman
I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team.
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