swathing
present participle ofswathe
swathe
verb[T]
uk/sweɪð/us/sweɪð/towraparound orcoverwithcloth:
He came out of thehospitalswathedinbandages.
Iloveto swathe(=dress)myselfinsilk.
Synonyms
swaddle
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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Covering and adding layers
Examplesofswathing
swathing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In the next two years, we will see huge,swathingcuts in our schools.
From the
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Spies traditionally announced their presence byswathingthemselves in black from head to toe.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Overall yield loss is 1015% compared to properswathing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I ran to machinery, by fancy; patented among other devices aswathingreaper which is very successful.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swathingis not widely applied.
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