swathing

UK
/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/
US
/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/

Translations

swathingnoun
swathings
pl
The swathing of the gift was done with care.
Обёртка подарка была сделана с заботой.
The swathing of mist covered the valley in the early morning.
Пелена тумана покрыла долину ранним утром.
swathinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/
US
/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe something that wraps or envelops.
swathverb

swathing

Gerund

swathed
Past Simple
swathed
Past Participle
swathing
Gerund
Rare/archaic variant of "swathe" meaning to wrap or bind.
swatheverb

swathing

Gerund

swathed
Past Simple
swathed
Past Participle
swathing
Gerund
UK
/sweɪð/
US
/sweɪð/
She swathed the baby in a warm blanket.
Она обмотала ребенка теплым одеялом.
The fog swathed the entire city in a mysterious haze.
Туман окутал весь город таинственной дымкой.

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.