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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
Dan Fogelman

Meaning of "swath" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWATH

Old English swæth; related to Old Norse svath smooth patch.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SWATH

swath  [swɔːθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWATH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swath is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWATH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swath in the English dictionary

The first definition of swath in the dictionary is the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine. Other definition of swath is the strip cut by either of these in one course. Swath is also the quantity of cut grass, hay, or similar crop left in one course of such mowing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWATH


Cornforth
ˈkɔːnˌfɔːθ
forth
fɔːθ
fourscorth
ˈfɔːskɔːθ
fourth
fɔːθ
henceforth
ˈhɛnsˈfɔːθ
Njorth
njɔːθ
north
nɔːθ
straightforth
ˈstreɪtˌfɔːθ
swarth
swɔːθ
thenceforth
ˈðensfɔːθ
whenceforth
ˈwensˌfɔːθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWATH

swashbuckler
swashbuckling
swasher
swashwork
swashy
swastika
swat
SWAT team
swatch
swatchbook
swathe
swather
swathy
Swatow
swatted
swatter
swatting
sway
sway-back
sway-backed

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWATH

aftermath
bath
beneath
breath
death
heath
in at the death
in the same breath
math
oath
out of breath
path
put to death
Sabbath
sheath
take an oath
to death
underneath
with bated breath
wrath

Synonyms and antonyms of swath in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SWATH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swath» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of swath
area · bale · patch · section · stretch · tract

Translation of «swath» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWATH

Find out the translation of swath to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swath from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swath» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

franja
570 millions of speakers

English

swath
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कटी हुई घास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رقعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

валок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

faixa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একদফা ফসল কাটার পর জমির ফাঁকা অংশটুকু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

andain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Swath
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwade
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スワース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넓은 길
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swath
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lằn cắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டையின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Swath
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tırpanla biçilmiş ekin yığını
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falciata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

валок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brazdă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λωρίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strook
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

swath
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skår
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swath

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWATH»

The term «swath» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.153 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWATH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «swath» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «swath» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swath

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4 QUOTES WITH «SWATH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swath.
1
Kurt Browning
Four world titles is a good swath at the top of the podium. The Olympics didn't work out for a couple of reasons, but it feels good when people say 'four world titles.'
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Dan Fogelman
A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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Mark Frost
The superhero genre speaks to a vast swath of humanity these days, and studios are in the business of constantly renewing their money-printing licenses. I sense we're nearing a saturation point with some of these icons, where it becomes more about the action figures and Happy Meals than it does the mythological heartbeat of the core ideas.
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Claire Messud
I'm not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. I don't seek a wide swath of feedback.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWATH»

Discover the use of swath in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swath and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Satellites: Orbits and Missions
Whatever method is used, the swath of a geostationary satellite will be treated like the across-track swath of a low-orbiting satellite: for a point P viewed on Earth , we consider the plane SS0P (see Fig. 8.2) and define the angles of sight as for ...
S. Lyle, Michel Capderou, 2006
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Hydrodynamic Drag Measurements on SWATH Ship Components
Experimental results are reported for hydrodynamic drag measurements on small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) ship components.
R. B Chapman, 1974
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Proceedings of the Twenty-Third American Towing Tank Conference
On the Full Scale Maneuvering Characteristics of the SWATH Fishing Vessel AH R.C. McGregor (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) A.F. Miller (Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd., United Kingdom) SESSION I-B SEAKEEPING The ...
Robert G. Latorre, 1993
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The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the ...
Contractual and construction problems with the first of the larger SWATH-P ships led to delays in procuring the five ships of this design. The current Navy planning is for an eventual force of four to six ships, all in the Pacific. These ships are not ...
Norman Polmar, 2005
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Coden for Periodical Titles (including Non-periodical Titles ...
SWATH WIDTH AND LANE SEPARATION Swath width is the distance across which deposition from an aircraft achieves the objectives of spraying (the desired deposition level, for example). Lane separation, on the other hand, is the distance ...
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Science Information Service, Jennifer G. Blumenthal, 1970
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Seventeenth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics: Wakes, Free ...
DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN TOOLS FOR THE PREDICTION OF SWATH MOTIONS R.P. Dallinga, R.H.M. Huijsmans Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, The Netherlands R. Graham DREA, Canada 1.0 I.I M*VE rRTOUtNCT IN RRD/S ...
‎1989
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
In this trial, using frozen diced baits, the same techniques were used, but only one swath was flown and the recovered baits were not weighed, but a single sample from the hopper was weighed. Chi-squared tests of significance were carried ...
8
Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers
In each study, a 45-ft application swath was compared to a 90-ft swath. APHIS attempted to create a 90-ft swath by increasing the aircraft's application height from 75 ft to 150 ft. Accordingly, the bait flow rate was increased to a level that ...
Robert E. Pfadt, Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, 1994
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Hydroinformatics: Data Integrative Approaches in ...
Swath data and attributes In the HDF-EOS swath data model, a standard Swath is made up of four primary parts: data fields, geolocation fields, dimensions, and dimension maps: Data fields are the main part of a Swath from a science ...
Praveen Kumar, Mike Folk, Momcilo Markus, 2005
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Fertiliser distribution Fertiliser and seed species distributions for the centre cross- section of each swath are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the distributions of aerial and of granulated superphosphate derived from the mean of all altitude ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWATH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swath is used in the context of the following news items.
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50-mile swath of grasshoppers, beetles seen on radar
Radar lit up this week along the Oklahoma and Texas border. There was 50-mile wide area of radar returns on a quiet weather day. Instead of rain, it was bugs ... «FOX10 News, Jul 15»
2
On The Rebound, Panthers Prowl Expanding Swath Of Land In Florida
In Florida, the official state animal triggers mixed feelings. The Florida panther has been on the endangered species list for nearly 50 years. From a low point in ... «NPR, Jul 15»
3
Huge swath of Toronto will see residential speed limit decrease to …
The unanimous decision of these councillors is binding on local roads across their 12 wards, representing a huge swath of the city, “We have an expectation to ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
4
Nova Scotia budget leaves swath of destruction in non-profit sector
And the swath of destruction will leave its mark for a long time. But it is the lack of vision that is the most disappointing. The budget reduced grant funding in the ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, May 15»
5
Violent Storms to Threaten 1200-Mile Swath of Central US Saturday
... threaten lives and property across the Plains through Saturday evening. The risk of severe weather will stretch along a swath approximately 1,200 miles long. «AccuWeather.com, May 15»
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Maine DOT clearing extensive swath along I-295 near Freeport
Maine DOT clearing extensive swath along I-295 near Freeport. The clearing gives drivers a wider field of sight and allows in more sunshine to melt roadway ice ... «Press Herald, May 15»
7
Rough flu season cuts wide swath through Mass.
The influenza virus cut a wide swath across Massachusetts in recent months, striking at nearly three times the rate of last year and exacting a particularly harsh ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
8
Quake Leaves Swath of Destruction in Kathmandu
VOA's Southeast Asia correspondent Steve Herman is closely following the unfolding disaster in Nepal and nearby nations. He described what happened after ... «Voice of America, Apr 15»
9
560000-Acre Swath of Florida Land Going on the Market
The largest contiguous parcel of undeveloped private land east of the Mississippi River, a vast swath of forest in northern Florida, is going on the market and is ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
10
Plan Would Transform Swath of Inwood Into Tech and Health-Care …
City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez plans to announce a proposal to redevelop a large swath of land in the easternmost part of Inwood into a hub for the ... «DNAinfo, Mar 15»

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