Definition of swathe
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: a band used in swathing
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: an enveloping medium
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More than 2 acres of gardens include vast swathes of shade-loving plants like hostas and trilliums and a liberal sprinkling of flowering woody shrubs like lilacs and rhododendrons.
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Historic Shinnecock lies among a swathe of big-money, uber-exclusive golf clubs at the eastern end of Long Island, but the private enclave welcomes the paying public for the year's second major this week.
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Should their contracts being terminated, their is expected to be a swathe of interest in their services, with Martins reportedly interesting Arsenal, and Carvalho having been long linked with a move to West Ham.
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In 2016, the last year of the Obama presidency, 15,479 Syrian refugees were resettled in the United States — a figure that a whole swathe of activists and NGOs believed was insufficient.
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In afternoons, its sunny deck is packed with artist-types wrapped in swathes of black, hypebeast kids in Gucci sneakers, and angelic youths with golden tans.
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The newly homeless aren't alone: Kilauea has covered large swathes of the island's rural Puna district multiple times over the past century.
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This 13,000-square-mile swathe of shhh straddles West Virginia’s border with Virginia and Maryland.
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Mr Gove broadened the debate by suggesting that large swathes of industry might be affected by rent-seeking.
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Origin and Etymology of swathe
Middle English, from Old English *swæth; akin to Old English swathian to swathe
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of swathe
swathed;
swathing
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: to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage
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: envelop
- a mountain swathed by clouds
Examples of swathe in a Sentence
The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.
Her neck was swathed in jewels.
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Models were swathed in yards of fabric, and yet everything felt airy and light.
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Though the participants are swathed in traditional white ball gowns adorned with spun sugar-like tulle or ruched silk rosettes, the hunt for a suitable husband is no longer the point of debutante balls.
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Their faces were smeared with dirt, their tunics stiff with mud, their heads swathed in rags.
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The Best Movie of the Summer, Book Club, is an Eileen Fisher–swathed rom-com about a quartet of septuagenarian pals who read Fifty Shades of Grey in their book club.
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At her Lake Forest, Illinois, home, designer Megan Winters swathed the walls of a bedroom for her niece in a zebra-print wallpaper by Brunschwig & Fils.
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Tuna of this caliber doesn’t yearn to be swathed in mayonnaise and studded with celery.
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Now, onto the eyes: Avendaño swathed lids with concealer and ColorStay Crème Eye Shadow in Honey to give powder shadows plenty of grip, then reached for Revlon’s PhotoReady Primer, Shadow + Sparkle in Rustic.
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The entryway to the master bedroom is swathed in a wall covering by Elitis (top); in the bedroom, the Harlowe Bed is by Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams and the wall covering is by Phillip Jeffries.
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Origin and Etymology of swathe
Middle English, from Old English swathian
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 12th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Definition of swathe for English Language Learners
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: to wrap or cover (someone or something)
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