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Noun [English]

IPA: /swɒθ/ [UK], /sweɪð/ (note: sense 2), /swɑθ/ [US], /swɔθ/ [US], /swɑð/ (note: sense 2), /swɔð/ (note: sense 2) Audio: en-us-swath.ogg Forms: swaths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒθ Etymology: From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep; mark; vestige; scar”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field; borderland; terrain”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”). Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”). other etymological information Corresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch swat, Middle High German and MNG swade, NDu swad(e), Old Frisian swethe (“border”). Root meaning: trace of a cut. Attested in English since 888 in its obsolete meaning of track or trace, since 1475 in its more modern usage. Cognate with German Schwaden (“row of mown grass or grain”). No definite cognates outside Germanic languages. * See F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch (De Gruyter), entry Schwaden, and OED. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swath}} Middle English swath, {{inh|en|ang|swæþ}} Old English swæþ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swaþō|t=a wind-swept place; open field; borderland; terrain}} Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field; borderland; terrain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*swem(bʰ)-|t=to bend, turn, swing}} Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”), {{cog|nl|zwade}} Dutch zwade, {{cog|de|Schwade|t=swath; windrow}} German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), {{cog|is|svæði|t=area; zone; sector; region}} Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”), {{cog|de|Schwaden||row of mown grass or grain}} German Schwaden (“row of mown grass or grain”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} swath (plural swaths)
  1. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing. Translations (The track cut out by a scythe in mowing): مَمَرّ (mamarr) [masculine] (Arabic), լաս (las) (Armenian), о́ткос (ótkos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), zwad [neuter] (Dutch), zwade [feminine, neuter] (Dutch), lakeinen (Finnish), andain [masculine] (French), andain [masculine] (Gallo), Schneise [feminine] (German), Schwade [feminine] (German), Schwaden [masculine] (German), striga [feminine] (Latin), pokos [masculine] (Polish), проко́с (prokós) [masculine] (Russian), о̀ткос [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), òtkos [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), odkos [masculine] (Slovak), riadok [masculine] (Slovak), odkos [masculine] (Slovene), یانصار (yansar) [Arabic] (Turkish), прокі́с (prokís) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bate [feminine] (Walloon) Translations (a group of persons): řada [feminine] (Czech), joukko (Finnish), Schwung [colloquial, masculine] (German), Reihe [feminine] (German), Haufen [masculine, slang] (German), Reihen [feminine, plural] (German), rad [masculine] (Slovak)
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  2. (often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people. Tags: figuratively, often Translations (expanse, a strip of land): pás [masculine] (Czech), kus [masculine] (Czech), pruh [masculine] (Czech), maa-alue (Finnish), maakaistale (Finnish), Landstrich [masculine] (German), (breiter) Streifen [masculine] (German), pas [masculine] (Polish), slog [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pás [masculine] (Slovak), kus [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-swath-en-noun-YMbYJ5S7 Disambiguation of 'expanse, a strip of land': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swathe Derived forms: cut a wide swath, cut a swath

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English swaþu. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|swaþu}} Old English swaþu Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} swath
  1. Alternative form of swathe (“swath”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: swathe (extra: swath)
    Sense id: en-swath-enm-noun-myOGnN2P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English *swaþian. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*swaþian}} Old English *swaþian Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} swath
  1. Alternative form of swathen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: swathen
    Sense id: en-swath-enm-verb-fsvJRp6O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "A large swath of the population is opposed to this government policy.",
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          "text": "Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans are still submerged in water.",
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          "ref": "2015 February 20, Jesse Jackson, “In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever”, in The Guardian (London):",
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          "word": "swathen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of swathen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swathen",
          "swathen#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swath"
}

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