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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swathe1 /swɑð, sweɪð/USA pronunciation v., swathed, swath•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material.
- to bandage.
n. [countable] - a wrapping or bandage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swathe1 (swoᵺ, swāᵺ),USA pronunciation v., swathed, swath•ing, n. v.t. - to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material;
wrap up closely or fully. - to bandage.
- to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do.
- to wrap (cloth, rope, etc.) around something.
n. - a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped;
wrapping;
bandage.
- bef. 1050; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English *swæth or *swath (in swathum dative plural); compare swaddle; (verb, verbal) Middle English swathen, late Old English swathian, derivative of the noun, nominal; cognate with Old Norse svatha
swathe2 (swoᵺ, swāᵺ),USA pronunciation n. - swath.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swathe /sweɪð/ vb (transitive)- to bandage (a wound, limb, etc), esp completely
- to wrap a band, garment, etc, around, esp so as to cover completely; swaddle
- to envelop
n - a bandage or wrapping
- a variant spelling of swath
Etymology: Old English swathian; related to swæthel swaddling clothes, Old High German swedil, Dutch zwadel; see swaddle swath /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 |