Meaning & use
Swathing
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Wrapping something in layers of fabric, bandages, or other material, often to cover or protect it completely.
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Nurses were swathing the patient's injured arm in fresh bandages.
The statue was swathing in plastic sheeting to protect it during the storm.
A note on using this word
From 'swathe,' related to the noun 'swath,' meaning a strip or band, originally referring to a row of cut grass.
Words with a similar meaning
wrappingenveloping
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Words with an opposite meaning
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