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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swath /swɑθ, swɔθ/USA pronunciation also swathe, n. [countable]- Agriculturethe space covered by the cut of a mowing machine or other cutting device.
- Agriculturethe piece or strip so cut.
- a strip, belt, or line of anything.
Idioms- Idioms cut a (wide) swath, to make a conspicuous or striking impression:With his money he could afford to cut a (wide) swath through the upper aristocracy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swath (swoth, swôth),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturethe space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
- Agriculturethe piece or strip so cut.
- Agriculturea line or ridge of grass, grain, or the like, cut and thrown together by a scythe or mowing machine.
- a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything.
- cut a swath, to make a pretentious display;
attract notice:The new doctor cut a swath in the small community.
Also, swathe. - bef. 900; Middle English; Old English swæth footprint; cognate with German Shwade
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swath /swɔːθ/, swathe /sweɪð/ n ( pl swaths /swɔːðz/, swathes)- the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine
- the strip cut by either of these in one course
- the quantity of cut grass, hay, or similar crop left in one course of such mowing
- a long narrow strip or belt
Etymology: Old English swæth; related to Old Norse svath smooth patch |