swathe

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.

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[Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.]

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swath′er n.

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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

Imperative

swathe

swathe

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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

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

verb

1. 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.

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swathe

verb

To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages:

enfold, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, roll, swaddle, wrap, wrap up.

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Translations

يَلُف، يَعْصُب

ovázatovinout

indhylle i

umwickelnwickeln

käärekääriäsidesitoa

emmailloter

sveipa, vefja

fasciare

apmuturiuoti

aptītievīstīt

sargı ile sarmak

缠

swathe

² [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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swathe

¹ [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciata

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swathe

² [sweɪð] vt to swathe in (bandages, blankets) → avvolgere in

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

swathe

(sweiθ) verb

to wrap or bind. Her head was swathed in a towel. toedraai يَلُف، يَعْصُب увивам embrulhar ovinout, ovázat wickeln indhylle i περιτυλίγω, φασκιώνωenvolver; 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 omzwachtelensvøpe, innhyllezawijać, zakutać تاوویدل 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

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