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swathing

/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/

Translations

swathingnoun

swathings

bandageEmploi médical ; matériel servant à entourer ou à maintenir une blessure.

The nurse prepared the swathing to bandage the patient's wound.

L’infirmière a préparé le bandage pour panser la plaie du patient.

emmaillotageAction ou procédé d’envelopper quelque chose en plusieurs couches.

The careful swathing of the newborn kept him warm through the night.

L’emmaillotage soigneux du nouveau-né l’a gardé au chaud toute la nuit.

Synonyms

swathinggerund / present participle

/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that wraps or envelops.

enveloppantSe dit d’un élément qui couvre ou entoure étroitement.

The swathing vines climbed every wall of the cottage.

Les vignes enveloppantes grimpaient sur tous les murs du cottage.

swathverb

swathing

Gerund

swathed

Past Simple

swathed

Past Participle

swathing

Gerund

Rare/archaic variant of "swathe" meaning to wrap or bind.

banderRare, au sens de recouvrir ou entourer d'une bande.

The nurse swathed the wound with layers of gauze.

L'infirmière a bandé la plaie avec plusieurs couches de gaze.

Additional translations

emmailloterRare, sens plus général d'envelopper complètement.

Synonyms

wrap around

wind around

swatheverb

swathing

Gerund

swathed

Past Simple

swathed

Past Participle

swathing

Gerund

/sweɪð/

envelopper

The landscape was swathed in a thick blanket of fog.

Le paysage était enveloppé d’une épaisse couverture de brouillard.

faucherAgriculture.

The workers rose at dawn to swathe the long grass in the meadow.

Les ouvriers se sont levés à l’aube pour faucher les hautes herbes de la prairie.

Additional translations

banderMédecine.

Synonyms

Definitions

swathingnoun

Material used for wrapping or binding something, especially in a medical or agricultural context.

The nurse prepared the swathing to bandage the patient's wound.

The act or process of wrapping or enveloping something in layers of material.

The careful swathing of the newborn kept him warm through the night.

swathinggerund / present participle

Wrapping or enveloping; serving to cover closely.

The swathing vines climbed every wall of the cottage.

swatheverb

To wrap or bind with or as if with bandages.

The nurse swathed the patient's arm with a clean bandage.

To envelop or enclose completely.

The landscape was swathed in a thick blanket of fog.

To cut or mow (grass, grain, etc.), especially with a scythe.

The workers rose at dawn to swathe the long grass in the meadow.

swathverb

To wrap, bind, or envelop with or as if with bands; to swathe (rare).

The nurse swathed the wound with layers of gauze.