Meaning

1 senses
  1. A bandage; a band.

    Verband, Bandage

    бинтbint, обмо́ткаobmótka, банда́жbandáž

    an enveloping bandage

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Daesh conquered vast swathes of Iraq and Syria.

Translations

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

Origin

From Middle English swathe, swath, from Old English swaþu, swæþ (“bandage”), probably akin

From Middle English swathe, swath, from Old English swaþu, swæþ (“bandage”), probably akin to Old English swaþul, sweþel (“a swathe, wrap, band, bandage”).

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Forms

plural: swathes
Singularswathe
Pluralswathes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedswathy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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