- swathes
- swɑð /sweɪð v. wrap, envelop, enclose; bandage; wrap around
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swathe — [[t]swe͟ɪð, AM swɑ͟ːð[/t]] swathes, swathing, swathed (The noun is also spelled swath.) 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A swathe of land is a long strip of land. On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory... Year by year great swathes of… … English dictionary
swathe — I = swath swathe UK [sweɪð] / US or swath UK [swɒθ] / US [swɑθ] noun [countable] Word forms swathe : singular swathe plural swathes formal 1) a large area of land 2) a long narrow piece of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or… … English dictionary
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swathe — swathe1 [sweɪδ] (chiefly N. Amer. also swath swɔ:θ, swɒθ) noun (plural swathes sweɪδz or swaths sweɪδz, swɒθs) 1》 a row or line of grass, corn, etc. as it falls when mown or reaped. 2》 a broad strip or area: vast swathes of land … English new terms dictionary
swathe — 1 also swath noun (C) 1 a long band of cloth: swathes of cotton 2 a line or area of grass or crops that has been cut by a machine or a cutting tool 3 any large area of land that is different from the land on either side of it: Acid rain is now… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
swathe — Ⅰ. swathe [1] (chiefly N. Amer. also swath) ► NOUN (pl. swathes or swaths) 1) a row or line of grass, corn, etc. as it falls when mown or reaped. 2) a broad strip or area: vast swathes of countryside. ORIGIN Old English, «track, trace» … English terms dictionary
Swathe — Swathe, n. A bandage; a band; a swath. [1913 Webster] Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Addison. [1913 Webster] Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. Young. [1913 Webster] The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unswathe — transitive verb Date: 14th century to free from something that swathes … New Collegiate Dictionary
