SWATHED | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Swathe

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Old English swæth, swathu ‘track, trace’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwad(e) and German Schwade. In Middle English the term denoted a measure of the width of grassland, probably reckoned by a sweep of the mower's scythe

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: sweɪð
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a broad strip or area of something

Short Definition:

broad strip or area of something

Examples:
  • vast swathes of countryside
  • a significant swathe of popular opinion
Definition:

a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped

Short Definition:

row or line of grass or corn

Examples:
  • if the day is windy, the swathes should be high and narrow
  • swathes of barley
Variant Forms:
  • swath

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