<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.</li><li>this weapon as the symbol of military power, punitive justice, authority, etc.: The pen is mightier than the sword.</li><li>a cause of death or destruction.</li><li>war, combat, slaughter, or violence, especially military force or aggression: to perish by the sword.</li><li>Military: the code name for one of the five D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, assaulted by British forces.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to work upon, join, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches; sew (often followed by together).</li><li>to ornament or embellish with stitches: to stitch a shirt with a monogram.</li></ul>