swaddle
verb (used with object)
to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
swaddling
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present participleof swaddle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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How familiar too is the fact that his little feet have kicked free of his swaddling, revealing 10 bare toes and the underside of one foot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Video shows firefighters and emergency personnel delivering the child and swaddling the newborn in a white towel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
"I pulled him up, I was swaddling him and I walked him up the hill."
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
The model also urges hospitals to keep infants in dark, quiet rooms with their parents; to teach skin-to-skin bottle feeding and lactation; and to support swaddling, among other treatments.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
I wrap my love for Marie into a tight ball of mental swaddling.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
