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- Dictionaryswathe/sweɪð/
noun
- 1. a broad strip or area of something: "vast swathes of countryside"
- 2. a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped: "if the day is windy, the swathes should be high and narrow"
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SWATHE definition: 1. a long strip or large area especially of land: 2. a large part of something that includes…. Learn more.
1. : a band used in swathing. 2. : an enveloping medium. swathe. 2 of 2. verb. ˈswät͟h. ˈswȯt͟h, ˈswāt͟h. swathed; swathing. transitive verb. 1. : to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage.
Swathe definition: to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.. See examples of SWATHE used in a sentence.
SWATHE meaning: 1. a long strip or large area especially of land: 2. a large part of something that includes…. Learn more.
When you swathe yourself in a blanket, you are wrapping or swaddling yourself up in it. Swathe a baby up and you're creating a little cocoon where she can sleep. Sometimes spelled "swath," swathe is commonly used to talk about how you wrap up a baby in a soft blanket.
1. to bandage (a wound, limb, etc), esp completely. 2. to wrap a band, garment, etc, around, esp so as to cover completely; swaddle. 3. to envelop. noun. 4. a bandage or wrapping. 5. a variant spelling of swath. Collins English Dictionary.
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.
a large piece or area of something. The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud. The front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the floor. Word Origin. Idioms. cut a swathe through something. (of a person, fire, etc.) to pass through a particular area destroying a large part of it.
swathe meaning, definition, what is swathe: a long thin area of something, especiall...: Learn more.
Swathe Definition. swŏth, swôth, swāth. swathed, swathes, swathing. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. swathed, swathes, swathing. To wrap (a bandage, etc.) around something. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To wrap or bind up in a long strip or bandage. Webster's New World.
