1
: a band used in swathing
2
: an enveloping medium
swathed; swathing
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: to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage
2
: envelop
a mountain swathed by clouds
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Verb
The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.
Her neck was swathed in jewels.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
Even the songs about crazy love (the album’s title song) and scary love (the actual name of the song) can’t help but bring a smile when swathed in Guyton’s soaring vocals and dance-worthy beats.
—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Other rooms had no windows, which became masterfully unnoticeable in Kate Figler Interiors’ Venus Drawing Room, swathed in Gracie’s Linda’s Garden mural wall covering with a valance and drapery by Perennials that evokes the feeling of a windowed space.
—Anne Lee Phillips, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
In the quaint New England town where Practical Magic is set, witches aren’t swathed in darkness like in The Craft, nor are they campy like in Hocus Pocus.
—Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Alongside Dafoe, the standout of the supporting cast is Corrin, playing a devoted mother swathed in the opulent attire of a woman of means, who finds comfort in religion.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
Even the songs about crazy love (the album’s title song) and scary love (the actual name of the song) can’t help but bring a smile when swathed in Guyton’s soaring vocals and dance-worthy beats.
—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Other rooms had no windows, which became masterfully unnoticeable in Kate Figler Interiors’ Venus Drawing Room, swathed in Gracie’s Linda’s Garden mural wall covering with a valance and drapery by Perennials that evokes the feeling of a windowed space.
—Anne Lee Phillips, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
In the quaint New England town where Practical Magic is set, witches aren’t swathed in darkness like in The Craft, nor are they campy like in Hocus Pocus.
—Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swathe. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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