Swathe - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sweɪð|  American pronunciation of the word swathe
Brit.  |sweɪð|  British pronunciation of the word swathe

noun

- an enveloping bandage (syn: wrapping)

verb

- wrap in swaddling clothes (syn: swaddle)

Extra examples

If you swathe the baby in too many wool covers, he will get overheated.

The bomb had left a swathe of the town centre in ruins.

A swathe of sunlight lay across the floor.

We cut a swathe through the dense undergrowth.

A series of bribery scandals has cut a swathe through the government.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: swathe
he/she/it: swathes
present participle: swathing
past tense: swathed
past participle: swathed
noun
singular: swathe
plural: swathes
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