swath

[ swoth, swawth ]

/ swɒθ, swɔθ /

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noun

the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.

the piece or strip so cut.

a line or ridge of grass, grain, or the like, cut and thrown together by a scythe or mowing machine.

a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything.

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Idioms for swath

cut a swath, to make a pretentious display; attract notice: The new doctor cut a swath in the small community.

Also swathe.

Origin of swath

before 900; Middle English; Old English swæth footprint; cognate with German Shwade

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH swath

swath , swathe

Words nearby swath

swash letter, swash plate, swastika, swat, swatch, swath, swathe, Swati, Swatow, swats, swatter

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Still, a 30-something who knows his way around a cufflink is viewed with some suspicion by a swath of the French left.
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He spoke of how well the present campaign had done in his home borough, particularly in a swath that he termed West Brooklyn.
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A swath of regular military allies have sought postponements or rejected the idea of firing missiles toward Damascus.
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In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry.
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For several days his voracious plowshare had been turning over the prairie in long ribbons of swath like the pages of a book.
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I—I can clean the rust from my old sword and I am sure it will cut as red a swath now as it did in '63.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington
Well cut a swath out there, Betty, thatll make em sit up and take notice.
The Heart of Canyon Pass|Thomas K. Holmes
She passed on her own errand, cutting, as it were, a swath of spirit through the soft influence of the spring.
Jerome, A Poor Man|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Allison laid over in a vertical bank, and, as he swung back his guns, cut a swath across the enemy craft.
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British Dictionary definitions for swath

swath

swathe (sweɪð)

/ (swɔːθ) /

noun plural swaths (swɔːðz) or swathes

the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine

the strip cut by either of these in one course

the quantity of cut grass, hay, or similar crop left in one course of such mowing

a long narrow strip or belt

Word Origin for swath

Old English swæth; related to Old Norse svath smooth patch

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Idioms and Phrases with swath

swath

see cut a wide swath.

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