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# swathe

noun (a swathe, swathes); verb (swathe, swathes, swathed, swathing)

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

## Everyday

1. A swathe is a long, wide strip or area of land, crops or something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#m1)
2. To swathe something is to wrap it up in cloth or bandages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#m2)
3. A swathe can be a large part of a group: «a swathe of the country». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature and geography writing, «a swathe of forest» means a big strip of it. When grass or corn is cut with a scythe, each cut row is a swathe. «Cut a swathe through» means to move through and knock things down. In stories a hurt person is «swathed in bandages» or a baby «swathed in blankets».

### Examples

- The fire burned a wide swathe of forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#x1)
- The baby was swathed in a warm blanket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#x2)
- His arm was swathed in bandages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#x3)
- The farmer cut the hay in long swathes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#x4)
- A swathe of bluebells covered the wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#x5)
- Snow fell across a huge swathe of Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swathe/#x6)

### Note

Also spelt «swath» (especially in the US) for the strip meaning. Rhymes with «bathe». Regular verb: swathed.

## On Mova

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