Their children are never swathed, or bound about with any thing when they are first born' but are put naked into the bed with their parents to lie.
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Swathe
//sweɪð//
Synonyms for "swathe" (81 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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Translations
25 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κειρία noun (bandage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бинт noun (bandage)
- бинтовам verb (bandage)
Catalan
3 entries- banda noun (bandage)
- bena noun (bandage)
- embenar verb (bandage)
Czech
2 entries- pruh noun (bandage)
- pás noun (bandage)
Finnish
4 entries- kääre noun (bandage)
- side noun (bandage)
- kääriä verb (bandage)
- sitoa verb (bandage)
German
4 entries- Bandage noun (bandage)
- Verband noun (bandage)
- einhüllen verb (bandage)
- einwickeln verb (bandage)
Hungarian
2 entries- batyu noun (bandage)
- pólya noun (bandage)
Māori
2 entries- tākaikai verb (bandage)
- tāpeka verb (bandage)
Russian
3 entries- банда́ж noun (bandage)
- бинт noun (bandage)
- обмо́тка noun (bandage)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- завој noun (bandage)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The head was swathed in linen bands that had been white, but were now stained and discoloured with damp, but of this I shall not speak more, and beneath the chin-cloth the beard had once escaped.
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Josie herself looked animated and almost royal with the white bandage which swathed her forehead like a crown.
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United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
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