swaddle
To bind with long narrow strips of clothTo bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
» A baby lay swaddled in the room.
Meaning
2 sensesTo bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
wickeln
пелена́тьpelenátʹ, запелена́тьzapelenátʹ
сповиватиspovyvaty, пеленатиpelenaty
(archaic)To beat; cudgel.
- wrap in swaddling clothes
Examples
7 sentencesA baby lay swaddled in the room.
Ziri found a swaddled baby in the woods.
Rima swaddled her baby and put it to bed.
She does not know how to swaddle her son.
Women used to swaddle their babies in the old days.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, fFrom Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) + -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”).
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Forms
swaddles, swaddling, swaddled, swaddledSynonyms
1 synonyms- wrap in swaddling clothes:swathe
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle