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.
was swaddling
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past progressiveof swaddle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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