transcription, транскрипция: [ sɔ:(r)d ]
( swords)
1.
A sword is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade.
N-COUNT
2.
If you cross swords with someone, you disagree with them and argue with them about something.
...a candidate who’s crossed swords with Labor by supporting the free-trade pact...
PHRASE : V inflects , PHR with n , pl-n PHR
3.
If you say that something is a double-edged sword or a two-edged sword , you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects.
PHRASE : N inflects
4.
Sword of Damocles: see Damocles