swaddling
present participle ofswaddle
swaddle
verb[T]
uk/ˈswɒd.əl/us/ˈswɑː.dəl/towrapababytightlyincloth:
Swaddling ababytightlyinablanketcan be a good way tostopitcrying.
Synonyms
swathe
wrap
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
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Parenting & caring for children
Examplesofswaddling
swaddling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Indeed, history may well show that now was the time when civil aviation was just getting out of itsswaddlingclothes.
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For the first months of its life it is wrapped close and tight inswaddlingbands of physical protection from the world.
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The child walks as we unwrap theswaddlingclothes, the cathedral stands in its full beauty as we remove the scaffolding.
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I am only concerned about the presiding officer in the cases of infants still inswaddlingclothes, and of his own safety.
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We want to get rid of theseswaddlingclothes of restrictive practices in which so many industries are wrapped up at the moment.
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It is a dangerous delusion to imagine that we can obviate the need for strong defence byswaddlingourselves in the vague, comfortable language of international good will.
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As the young men or women grow up so gradually you can release theswaddlingclothes and the restrictions, so that they can expand themselves and develop.
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Swaddlingfell out of favor in the seventeenth century.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He wrote againstswaddlinginfants into tight bundles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swaddlingalso prevents newborns waking themselves with their moro reflex.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The design features a baby inswaddlingclothes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some authors are of the opinion thatswaddlingis becoming popular again, although the medical and psychological effects ofswaddlingare in dispute.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swaddlingbands were often used to further restrict the infant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In other words: after a few daysswaddlingis completely unnecessary.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He takes a pair of scissors and for the first time removes the child'sswaddling.
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- toerag
- to err is human (to forgive divine).
- to-err-is-human-to-forgive-divine
- toe the line
- toe-the-line
- toe-to-toe
- toe-to-toe
- to-face
- toff
- toffee
- toffee apple
- toffee-apple
- tick-along
- tick away/by
- tick-away-by
- tick box
- tick-box
- ticked
- ticker
- ticker tape
- ticker-tape
- ticker-tape machine
- ticker-tape-machine
- ticker-tape parade
- ticker-tape-parade