transitive. To move (something) suddenly or violently, to wrench, snatch; to pull out; to draw (a sword). Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To make a sudden movement with (the hand, foot, etc.); to brandish (a spear); to deal (a blow). In Old English const. with…

transitive. To pull or draw out (also forth, back, etc.).

transitive. To pull (a sword, firearm, or other weapon) from its sheath, holster, etc., in readiness for use. Also with a prepositional phrase…

transitive. To draw (a weapon). Cf. draw, v. 54a.

transitive. To draw (a sword). archaic in later use.

(transitive) to unsheath.

transitive. To draw out, withdraw. Obsolete.

(transitive) to uncover.

To draw (a weapon) out of the sheath or scabbard. to unsheathe the sword, to begin hostilities or slaughter. (Cf. sheathe, v. 2.)

transitive. To make naked (literal and figurative); to lay bare, uncover, strip; to deprive (a person or thing) of something.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1c.)

transitive. To draw out of a sheath; to unsheathe. (Also intransitive for reflexive.)

To take (a thing) out of that in which it is set or enclosed; to remove (a gem, etc.) from its setting or ‘mount’; to take (mechanism) from its…