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noun
Idioms 1.
the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
2.
the piece or strip so cut.
3.
a line or ridge of grass, grain, or the like, cut and thrown together by a scythe or mowing machine.
4.
a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything.
5.
cut a swath, to make a pretentious display; attract notice: The new doctor cut a swath in the small community.
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swath or swathe (swɔːθ, sweɪð) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl swaths, swathes | |
| 1. | the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine |
| 2. | the strip cut by either of these in one course |
| 3. | the quantity of cut grass, hay, or similar crop left in one course of such mowing |
| 4. | a long narrow strip or belt |
| [Old English swæth; related to Old Norse svath smooth patch] | |
| swathe or swathe (swɔːθ, sweɪð, swɔːðz) | |
| —n | |
| [Old English swæth; related to Old Norse svath smooth patch] | |
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Word Origin & History
swath
O.E. swæð, swaðu "track, trace, band," from P.Gmc. *swathan, *swatho (cf. O.Fris. swethe "boundary made by a scythe," M.Du. swade, Ger. Schwad "a row of cut grass"); ulterior connections uncertain. Meaning "space covered by the single cut of a scythe" emerged late 15c., and that of "strip,
lengthwise extent" is from c.1600.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
We turn into a swath of deep green as twilight seeps into dark.
But today's ruling potentially cuts a much wider swath.
Innovations, especially digital ones, leave a swath of devastatingly outdated art materials in their wake.
The flow of water through a swath of drought-stricken farmland is complicated.
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