swath (redirected from cut a swath)

swath  (swth, swôth) also swathe (sw, swô, sw)

n.

1.

a. The width of a scythe stroke or a mowing-machine blade.

b. A path of this width made in mowing.

c. The mown grass or grain lying on such a path.

2. Something likened to a swath; a strip.

Idiom:

cut a swath

1. To create a great stir, impression, or display: "He cut a bold and even sacrificial swath across American politics" (Gail Sheehy).

2. To extend in distinctive physical length and width: "the surprising 17th Arrondissement, which cuts a generous swath across northwest Paris" (Jean Rafferty).

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[Middle English swathe, from Old English swæth, track.]

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swath [swɔːθ], swathe [sweɪð]

n pl swaths [swɔːðz], swathes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the strip cut by either of these in one course

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the quantity of cut grass, hay, or similar crop left in one course of such mowing

4. a long narrow strip or belt

[Old English swæth; related to Old Norse svath smooth patch]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swath - the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
	2.	swath - a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) belt track, path, course - a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"

Translations

swath [swɔːθ] N (swaths (pl)) swathe¹ [sweɪð] N [of hay] → ringlera f
to cut corn in swaths → segar el trigo y dejarlo en ringleras
to cut a swath through sth → avanzar por algo a guadañadas

swath

n → Schwade f; to cut a swath through something → eine Bahn durch etw schneiden