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Word: Swathe
Speech Type: Noun
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
sweɪð
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
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
- swath
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