Meaning & use

Swathed

verb·Everyday

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Wrapped or bound in several layers of fabric or other material.

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The baby was swathed in a soft woolen blanket against the cold.

Fog swathed the entire valley by early morning.

A note on using this word

Related to 'swaddle,' both tracing back to an Old English word for a strip of cloth.

Words with a similar meaning

wrappedenvelopedshrouded

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Words with an opposite meaning

unwrappedexposed

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