Английский Этимологический словарь - swathe
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~1 also swath ~ n 1 a long band of cloth (swathes of cotton) 2 a line or area of grass or crops that has been cut by a machine or a cutting tool 3 any large area of land that is different from the land on either side of it (Acid rain is now affecting great swathes of Western Europe.) 4 cut a swath through if a fire, severe storm etc cuts a swath through a place, it destroys almost everything around it ~2 v T usually passive literary be swathed in sth to be wrapped or covered in something, especially cloth (women swathed in expensive furs) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(swathes, swathing, swathed) Note: The noun is also spelled 'swath'. 1. A swathe of land is a long strip of land. Year by year great swathes of this small nation’s countryside disappear. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. A swathe of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something. ...swathes of white silk. N-COUNT: usu N of n 3. To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely. She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics... His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet. VERB: V n in n, V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun or swath Etymology: Middle English, from Old English *sw?th; akin to Old English swathian to ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a band used in swathing 2. an enveloping medium II. transitive verb (~d; swathing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swathian Date: 12th century 1. to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage 2. envelop a mountain ~d by clouds ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. bind or enclose in bandages or garments etc. --n. a bandage or wrapping. Etymology: OE swathian ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бинт; обмотка 2. мед. бандаж 3. бинтовать 4. закутывать; обматывать; пеленать swathed in furs —- закутанный в меха swathed in bandages —- обмотанный бинтами; весь в бинтах 5. валок (скошенного сена или поваленного хлеба) 6. прокос; просека; ряд 7. редк. взмах косы Id: to cut a wide swathe —- ам. выставлять напоказ; пускать пыль в глаза; создавать ажиотаж, шумиху ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun бинт; обмотка 2. v. 1) бинтовать (in); 2) закутывать, обматывать, пеленать (in); If you swathe the baby in too many wool covers, he will get overheated. ...Англо-русский словарь
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