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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.
[Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.]
swath′er n.
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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
swathe
Past participle: swathed
Gerund: swathing
| Imperative |
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| swathe |
| swathe |
| Present |
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| I swathe |
| you swathe |
| he/she/it swathes |
| we swathe |
| you swathe |
| they swathe |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I swathed |
| you swathed |
| he/she/it swathed |
| we swathed |
| you swathed |
| they swathed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am swathing |
| you are swathing |
| he/she/it is swathing |
| we are swathing |
| you are swathing |
| they are swathing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have swathed |
| you have swathed |
| he/she/it has swathed |
| we have swathed |
| you have swathed |
| they have swathed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was swathing |
| you were swathing |
| he/she/it was swathing |
| we were swathing |
| you were swathing |
| they were swathing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had swathed |
| you had swathed |
| he/she/it had swathed |
| we had swathed |
| you had swathed |
| they had swathed |
| Future |
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| I will swathe |
| you will swathe |
| he/she/it will swathe |
| we will swathe |
| you will swathe |
| they will swathe |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have swathed |
| you will have swathed |
| he/she/it will have swathed |
| we will have swathed |
| you will have swathed |
| they will have swathed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be swathing |
| you will be swathing |
| he/she/it will be swathing |
| we will be swathing |
| you will be swathing |
| they will be swathing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been swathing |
| you have been swathing |
| he/she/it has been swathing |
| we have been swathing |
| you have been swathing |
| they have been swathing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been swathing |
| you will have been swathing |
| he/she/it will have been swathing |
| we will have been swathing |
| you will have been swathing |
| they will have been swathing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been swathing |
| you had been swathing |
| he/she/it had been swathing |
| we had been swathing |
| you had been swathing |
| they had been swathing |
| Conditional |
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| I would swathe |
| you would swathe |
| he/she/it would swathe |
| we would swathe |
| you would swathe |
| they would swathe |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have swathed |
| you would have swathed |
| he/she/it would have swathed |
| we would have swathed |
| you would have swathed |
| they would have swathed |
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Noun 1. swathe - an enveloping bandage
Verb 1. swathe - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant"
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
verb
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swathe
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَلُف، يَعْصُب
ovázatovinout
indhylle i
käärekääriäsidesitoa
sveipa, vefja
apmuturiuoti
aptītievīstīt
sargı ile sarmak
swathe
2 [sweɪð] VT (= wrap) → envolver ; (= bandage) → vendarswathed in sheets → envuelto en sábanas
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swathe
n = swath
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
swathe
1 [sweɪð] swath [swɔːθ] n (swathes or swaths (pl)) [swɔːðz] (of grass) → falciataswathe
2 [sweɪð] vt to swathe in (bandages, blankets) → avvolgere inCollins 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, φασκιώνω envolver; 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 omzwachtelen svøpe, innhylle zawijać, 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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