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swathe 1
(swŏth, swôth, swāth)tr.v. swathed, swath·ing, swathes
1.
a. To wrap, as in layers of cloth: swathed herself in towels.
b. To wrap or bind in bandages.
2. To enfold or envelop: Clouds swathed the mountain.
n.
A wrapping, binding, or bandage.
[Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.]
swath′er n.
swathe 2
(swŏth, swôth, swāth)n.
Variant of swath.
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swathe
(sweɪð)vb (tr)
1. (Medicine) to bandage (a wound, limb, etc), esp completely
2. (Clothing & Fashion) to wrap a band, garment, etc, around, esp so as to cover completely; swaddle
3. to envelop
n
4. a bandage or wrapping
5. (Agriculture) a variant spelling of swath
[Old English swathian; related to swæthel swaddling clothes, Old High German swedil, Dutch zwadel; see swaddle]
ˈswathable, ˈswatheable adj
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swathe
(swɒð, sweɪð)v. swathed, swath•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material.
2. to bandage.
3. to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do.
n. 4. a wrapping or bandage.
[before 1050; Old English *swæth (in swathum dat. pl.); compare swaddle]
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Swathe
a crop mown and lying on the ground, 1325.Examples: swathe of clover, 1834; of corn, 1766; of grass, 1614; of mist 1818; of rain, 1856; of water, 1852; of winds, 1859.
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swathe
Past participle: swathed
Gerund: swathing
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| Noun | 1. | swathe - an enveloping bandage |
| Verb | 1. | swathe - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" bind - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" |
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swathe
noun
verb
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swathe
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Translations
يَلُف، يَعْصُب
ovázatovinout
indhylle i
käärekääriäsidesitoa
sveipa, vefja
apmuturiuoti
aptītievīstīt
sargı ile sarmak
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swathe
n = swath
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swathe
1 [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciataswathe
2 [sweɪð] vt to swathe in (bandages, blankets) → avvolgere inCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
swathe
(sweiθ) verb to wrap or bind. Her head was swathed in a towel.
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