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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 1. a bandage or wrapping 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a variant spelling of swath [Old English swathian; related to swæthel swaddling clothes, Old High German swedil, Dutch zwadel; see swaddle] swathable , swatheable adj 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 noun Translations swathe n = swath swathe1 [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciata swathe1 [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciata swathe2 [sweɪð] vt to swathe in (bandages, blankets) → avvolgere in swathe2 [sweɪð] vt to swathe in (bandages, blankets) → avvolgere in 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 (붕대, 천 등으로) 감다 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Martin, after a few instructions, sorted the great heaps of soiled clothes, while Joe started the masher and made up fresh supplies of soft-soap, compounded of biting chemicals that compelled him to swathe his mouth and nostrils and eyes in bath- towels till he resembled a mummy. In what wonderful wrappers, enclosing layers of dried leaves, would he swathe his rosy and contented face, if his mother suspected him of a toothache In vain did Monsieur de Sucy endeavor to find the swathe cut by the rear-guard through the mass of human beings; it was already obliterated, like the wake of a vessel through the sea. |
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