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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.
The meaning of SWATHE is a band used in swathing. How to use swathe 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.
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.
A swathe of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something.
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.
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.
