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swath
[ swoth, swawth ]
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.
swath
/ sweɪð; swÉ”Ëθ /
noun
- 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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of swath1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of swath1
Idioms and Phrases
- cut a swath, to make a pretentious display; attract notice:
The new doctor cut a swath in the small community.
More idioms and phrases containing swath
see cut a wide swath .Example Sentences
Areas the plant inhabits saw plenty of flames in recent months to awaken the sleeping dog in swaths of Southern California.
No shelter or sanctuary in the tri-state area has room, and though Apollo presents a swath of new challenges in her life, she feels awful about the thought of separating from him.
While Trump's crackdown has threatened a swath of U.S. residents — immigrants on TPS, asylum seekers and green card holders — Venezuelans have been "particularly caught in the crosshairs."
That was in January, just a few days after fires devastated large swaths of Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
As Musk holds the reins of DOGE, applying his slash-and-save playbook across wide swaths of the federal government, his issues with quality control could quickly become every American's problem.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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