swathe

swathe ¹  (sw, swô, sw)

tr.v. swathed, swath·ing, swathes

1. To wrap or bind with or as if with bandages.

2. To enfold or constrict.

n.

A wrapping, binding, or bandage.

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[Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.]

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swather n.

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swathe ²  (sw, swô, sw)

n.

Variant of swath.

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swathe

Verb

[swathing, swathed]

to wrap a bandage, garment, or piece of cloth around (a person or part of the body)

Noun

1. a long strip of cloth wrapped around something

2. the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine

3. the strip cut in one sweep

4. the quantity of cut crops left in one sweep

5. a long narrow strip of land [Old English swathian]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swathe - an enveloping bandage wrapping bandage, patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
Verb	1.	swathe - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" swaddle 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

verb 1. wrap, drape, envelop, bind, lap, fold, bandage, cloak, shroud, swaddle, furl, sheathe, enfold, bundle up, muffle up, enwrap

Translations

swathe [sweɪð] vt to swathe in [+ blankets] → envolver en [+ bandages]; vendar en

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swathe [sweɪð] vt to swathe in [+ bandages, blankets] → embobiner de

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swathe [sweɪð] vt to swathe in → wickeln in +acc

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swathe [sweɪð] n → fascio

vt to swathe in [+ bandages, blankets] → avvolgere in

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swathe

v swathe [sweiθ]

to wrap or bind Her head was swathed in a towel. toedraai يَلُف، يَعْصُب увивам ovinout, ovázat indhylle i (um)wickeln περιτυλίγω, φασκιώνω envolver; vendar mähkima پيچيدن kääriä envelopper לַחֲבוֹש कटी फसल की कतार poviti, umotati beköt membalut sveipa, vefja avvolgere 巻く ...에 (붕대를) 감다, ...을 싸다 apjuosti, apmuturiuoti aptīt; ievīstīt lilitan omzwachtelen svøpe, innhylle zawijać, zakutać embrulhar a înfăşura закутывать ovinúť, obviazať zaviti zamotati binda om, linda in ห่อหุ้ม sargı ile sarmak 纏 бинтувати; обгортати لپیٹنا یا باندھنا quấn băng, quấn tã 缠