Definitions for swath
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swathnoun

   the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine

2. swath, beltnoun

   a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swathnoun

   The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.

2. swathnoun

   A broad sweep or expanse.

   Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans, such as Canal Street seen here, are still submerged in water.

3. Etymology: From swæþ, swathu.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swathnoun

   Etymology: swade, Dutch.

   1. A line of grass cut down by the mower.

   With tossing and raking, and setting on cox,
   Grasse, lately in swathes, is meat for an ox. Thomas Tusser.

   The strawy Greeks, ripe for his edge,
   Fall down before him, like the mower’s swath. William Shakespeare.

   As soon as your grass is mown, if it lie thick in the swath, neither air nor sun can pass freely through it. John Mortimer.

   2. A continued quantity.

   An affection’d ass, that cons state without book, and utters it by great swaths. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   3. [ s S wedan , to bind, Saxon.]A band; a fillet.

   An Indian comb, a stick whereof is cut into three sharp and round teeth four inches long: the other part is left for the handle, adorned with fine straws laid along the sides, and lapped round about it in several distinct swaths. Nehemiah Grew.

   They swaddled me up in my night-gown with long pieces of linen, which they folded about me, ’till they had wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swath

   A small waterplane area twin hull, better known by the acronym SWATH, is a catamaran design that minimizes hull cross section area at the sea's surface. Minimizing the ship's volume near the surface area of the sea, where wave energy is located, minimizes a vessel's response to sea state, even in high seas and at high speeds. The bulk of the displacement necessary to keep the ship afloat is located beneath the waves, where it is less affected by wave action. Wave excitation drops exponentially as depth increases, so wave action normally does not affect a submerged submarine at all. Placing the majority of a ship's displacement under the waves is similar in concept to creating a ship that rides atop twin submarines.

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1. swath

   A swath is a broad strip or area of something, often referring to a strip cut by a scythe or mowing machine in a field of grass or crops. It can also refer to a wide path or area, often related to the path or spread of destruction or impact.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Swathverb

   a line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling

2. Swathverb

   the whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath

3. Swathverb

   a band or fillet; a swathe

4. Etymology: [AS. swau a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. Swathe, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swath

   swawth, n. a line of grass or corn cut by the scythe: the sweep of a scythe.—adj. Swath′y. [A.S. swathu, a track; Dut. zwade, also a scythe.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swath in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swath in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of swath in a Sentence

1. Greg Chen:

   It's extremely likely that it (expedited removal) will be applied to a much larger swath of people, it's a severe abridgment to kind of a sense of rule of law and fair processes for people if suddenly we have officers and agents picking people up and serving as essentially judge and jury in their case.

2. Corey Elliott:

   They are featuring an ‘any woman’ behind the wheel -- that can appeal to a wide swath of humanity -- and juxtaposing that with ‘the crazies’ out there. She is then picked up safely by another ‘any woman’ -- and off they go.

3. David Roth:

   We also saw golfball- and baseball-sized hail in some areas and a narrow swath of north Dallas that got between 1 to 3 inches of rain.

4. Quincy Krosby:

   If you start seeing the unemployment rate come down with a broad swath of jobs being created, it should be positive for the housing stocks.

5. Rand Paul:

   There are always going to be people who have chosen other candidates or who for one reason or another hold a grudge. But I think really with both A.J. and (Paul's other Iowa adviser, Steve Grubbs) there's a broad reach to a broad swath to the party.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=swath
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Swath
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=swath
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swath
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swath
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=swath