Swathe Strip Cut Large Area Sb/Sth Swathed Noun, Verb

noun

(also swath /BrEswɒθ; NAmE swɑːθ/) (formal)

1 a long strip of land, especially one on which the plants or crops have been cut The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field. Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.

2 a large strip or area of sthThe mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.cut a ˈswathe through sth (of a person, fire, etc.) to pass through a particular area destroying a large part of itBuilding the tunnel would involve cutting a great swathe through the forest.

verb


[usually passive] ~ sb/sth (in sth) (formal)to wrap or cover sb/sth in sth He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages. The village was swathed in early morning mist.