swathed
past simple and past participle ofswathe
swathe
verb[T]
uk/sweɪð/us/sweɪð/towraparound orcoverwithcloth:
He came out of thehospitalswathedinbandages.
Iloveto swathe(=dress)myselfinsilk.
Synonyms
swaddle
wrap
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
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Covering and adding layers
Examplesofswathed
swathed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Swathedforages were sampled near the time they wereswathedor harvested.
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Forages grazed on site may either be grazed standing orswathedfor use during another season of the year.
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Bales were fed at the same time and order as theswathedstraw.
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Most of the deterioration inswathedcorn quality appeared to occur before feeding commenced.
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Estimated unused oat/pea and triticale residue ranged from 52 to 67% and estimatedswathedcorn waste ranged from 40 to 55%.
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Because of dry conditions in 2002, oat/ pea and triticale/sweet clover wereswathedwhen oat and triticale were at anthesis, and baled.
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Swathedcorn nutritive quality did appear to decline slightly between harvest and feeding, but its nutritive quality at feeding was still relatively high.
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Oat/pea straw was swath grazed first, followed by triticale/sweet clover straw, thenswathedcorn.
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Triticale and oat/pea crop residues andswathedwestern wheatgrass nutritive quality changed little from harvest to feeding.
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Production costs were determined for drilled corn andswathedwestern wheatgrass, and these values were used in determining daily feeding costs for each of the three winter treatments.
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After samples were taken, field size equipment was used to swath and combine oat/ pea and triticale plots for grain, while corn wasswathedfor forage.
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The history of debates on the matter shows that every such activity that is currently legal isswathedin a reassuring glow of familiarity.
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The business community, of which the creative industries are a part, has beenswathedin red tape and suffered increased regulatory burdens during the past four years.
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It consists of a single stalk that isswathedwith leaves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Soft black shoes over white stockings, and legsswathedwith dark felt were the finishing touches of a picturesque uniform.
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