sabre

1. 1.

   cut or injure with a saber

   Synonymssaber

   Broadercut
2. 2.

   kill with a saber

   Synonymssaber

   Broaderkill

Other forms of sabre

plural

sabres·

past tense

sabred·

present participle

sabring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sabre

What does sabre mean?

sabre means "a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sabre?

sabre has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈseɪbɚ/.

What is another word for sabre?

Close synonyms include saber, cavalry sword, saber, saber, saber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sabre a common word?

sabre is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sabre?

1 word rhymes with sabre. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.