1
: a band used in swathing
2
: an enveloping medium
swathed; swathing
1
: to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage
2
: envelop
a mountain swathed by clouds
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Verb
The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.
Her neck was swathed in jewels.
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Sheila McClear, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
The interior, clad with carbon-fiber extras, has the seats and dashboard both swathed in dark-brown leather.
—Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
The men often worked at the Laud quarry, on the outskirts of Davao City, each cave and hideaway swathed in tropical green.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The magazine’s graphic artists designed the outer box of the original rape kit to feature a bright-blue line drawing of a woman’s face swathed in a thick mane of wavy hair.
—Sheila McClear, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
The interior, clad with carbon-fiber extras, has the seats and dashboard both swathed in dark-brown leather.
—Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
The men often worked at the Laud quarry, on the outskirts of Davao City, each cave and hideaway swathed in tropical green.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Pigs-in-a-blanket go upscale swathed in puffy pastry.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swathe. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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