noun
Meaning 1
A bandage; a band.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
swathe
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /sweɪð/
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General-American: /swɑð/
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General-American: /sweɪð/
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General-American: /swɔð/
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rhymes with -eɪð
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CMU ARPABET: S W AA1 DH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of swath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative
Examples
- 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Venezuela’s presidential election: The autocrat and the ballot box As well as the advantages of abused office, Mr Chávez can boast enduring popularity among a broad swathe of poorer Venezuelans. They like him for his charisma, humble background and demotic speech.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an enveloping bandage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrapping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bandage, patch
verb
Meaning 5
wrap in swaddling clothes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- swaddled the infant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swaddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bind
History
Etymology
From Middle English swathe, swath, from Old English swaþu, swæþ (“bandage”), probably akin to Old English swaþul, sweþel (“a swathe, wrap, band, bandage”).
From Middle English swathe, from Old English swaþu (“track, trace”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō. More at swath.
From Middle English swathen, from Old English *swaþian, akin to Old English besweþian (“to swathe, swaddle”).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бинт (bint) — bandage
- Catalan: bena — bandage
- Catalan: banda — bandage
- Czech: pruh — bandage
- Czech: pás — bandage
- Finnish: side — bandage
- Finnish: kääre — bandage
- German: Verband — bandage
- German: Bandage — bandage
- Ancient Greek: κειρία (keiría) — bandage
- Hungarian: batyu — bandage
- Hungarian: pólya — bandage
- Russian: бинт (bint) — bandage
- Russian: обмо́тка (obmótka) — bandage
- Russian: банда́ж (bandáž) — bandage
- Serbo-Croatian: завој (závoj) — bandage
- Bulgarian: бинтовам (bintovam) — bandage
- Catalan: embenar — bandage
- Finnish: sitoa — bandage
- Finnish: kääriä — bandage
- German: einwickeln — bandage
- German: einhüllen — bandage
- German: umwickeln — bandage
- Māori: tāpeka — bandage
- Māori: tākaikai — bandage
- Ukrainian: бинтува́ти (byntuváty) — bandage
- Ukrainian: забинтува́ти (zabyntuváty) — bandage