swathe (redirected from swathed)

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 [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

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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

noun

area, section, stretch, patch, tract On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory.

verb

wrap, drape, envelop, bind, lap, fold, bandage, cloak, shroud, swaddle, bedeck, furl, sheathe, enfold, bundle up, muffle up, enwrap She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics.

Translations

swathe² [sweɪð] VT (= wrap) → envolver; (= bandage) → vendar
swathed in sheets → envuelto en sábanas

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swathe

n = swath

vt → wickeln (→ in in +acc); (in bandages also) → umwickeln (in mit); to swathe oneself in something → sich in etw (acc) → einwickeln or einhüllen, etw um sich wickeln

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swathe¹ [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciata

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swathe¹ [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciata

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swathe² [sweɪð] vt to swathe in (bandages, blankets) → avvolgere in

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swathe² [sweɪð] 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 (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