See swathe on Wiktionary
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"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A trace left behind by something."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A trace left behind by something."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈswaːð(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈswaθ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "swath"
},
{
"word": "swað"
},
{
"word": "swad"
},
{
"sense": "influenced by sward",
"word": "swarth"
}
],
"word": "swathe"
}
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