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swathing

verb , present participle of swathe

Synonyms and Antonyms of swathing

1 to surround or cover closely

handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper

Synonyms of swathing

bosoming, bowering, circumfusing, cocooning, embosoming, embowering, embracing, enclosing (also inclosing), encompassing, enfolding, enshrouding, enswathing, enveloping, enwrapping, investing, involving, lapping, mantling, muffling, shrouding, veiling, wrapping

Words Related to swathing

curtaining, draping

embedding (also imbedding), encasing

blanketing, overlaying, overspreading

camouflaging, cloaking, disguising, masking

circling, encircling, enlacing, enwinding

Near Antonyms of swathing

baring, denuding, exposing, stripping

2 to cover with a bandage

tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds

Synonyms of swathing

bandaging, binding, dressing

Words Related to swathing

attending, caring (for), doctoring, medicating, ministering (to), nursing, treating

curing, healing, mending, rehabilitating, remedying

Near Antonyms of swathing

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