Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers

    einwickeln, einhüllen, umwickeln

    бинтува́тиbyntuváty, забинтува́тиzabyntuváty

More definitions
  • wrap in swaddling clothes

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Daesh conquered vast swathes of Iraq and Syria.

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Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bandage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bandage:

Origin

From Middle English swathen, from Old English *swaþian, akin to Old English besweþian (“to

From Middle English swathen, from Old English *swaþian, akin to Old English besweþian (“to swathe, swaddle”).

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Forms

swathes, swathing, swathed, swathed
Base formswathe · to swathe
3rd person singularswathes
Present participleswathing
Past simpleswathed
Past participleswathed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswathe
he, she, itswathes

Past simpleLesson

all personsswathed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swathed
he, she, ithas swathed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swathe

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedswathing
Derivedbeswatheenswatheswaddleunswathe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swastikaswatswathswayswearB1
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