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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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swath1
51Թ 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.
Example Sentences
Freeway construction projects opposed by business owners and affluent communities were rerouted to low-income districts of color, destroying big swaths of affordable housing.
This year’s bloom was the deadliest such event since 2015, when thousands of animals were killed along a coastal swath stretching from Central California to Alaska.
The weather will be even more blistering in the Inland Empire, where a heat advisory will be in effect for wide swaths of San Bernardino and Riverside counties from 10 a.m.
The monuments include vast swaths of land in the Southern California desert and Northern California forests that tribes consider sacred.
His district, which includes swaths of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties, is among the most competitive in the nation.
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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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