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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; swɔːθ /
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of swath1
Word 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
By the end of May, Caltrans said it expects to reopen a wider swath of the coastal highway, from Chautauqua Boulevard in Pacific Palisades to Carbon Beach Terrace in Malibu, to regular traffic.
His efforts to dismantle large swaths of the federal government will take years, if not decades, for subsequent presidents to restore - if they so desire.
Israel won decisively, capturing a swath of territory including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and the Old City of Jerusalem.
According to Greenwald, the previous definition prevented acts like cutting down swaths of old-growth forests in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest where federally threatened northern spotted owls nest and roost.
No earthquake in modern times has been this powerful, or triggered such substantial, damaging shaking across such a wide swath of California.
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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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