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# swaddle

verb (swaddle, swaddles, swaddled, swaddling); noun (swaddling clothes, old use)

«swaddle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaddle/#m1)
2. Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this. (old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaddle/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a baby is wrapped up and laid in a safe place, as in a stork bringing a swaddled child

### Examples

- The mother swaddled the baby in a blanket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaddle/#x1)
- The stork carried a baby in swaddling clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaddle/#x2)
- Babies were often swaddled tightly long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaddle/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in fairy tales a baby is wrapped up and laid in a safe place, as in a stork bringing a swaddled child

### Examples

- And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou was not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. (Prophets EZK.16.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swaddle/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «swaddle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swaddle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swaddle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swaddle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «swaddle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swaddle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swaddle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/swaddle.html) on Mova free.