swath

swath
n.
path

to cut a swath (to cut a wide swath of destruction)

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[swɒθ]
['path'] to cut a swath (to cut a wide swath of destruction)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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  • SWATH — (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull)  двухкорпусное судно с малой площадью ватерлинии. Обозначает специальную форму корпуса кораблей, которая мало восприимчива к морским волнениям. В 1938 она была представлена Британскому морскому флоту её… …   Википедия

  • Swath — (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[eth]u a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. {Swathe}, v. t.] 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swath — [swäth, swôth] n. [ME swathe < OE swathu, a track, akin to Ger schwade, space covered by a scythe swing: for IE base see SWATHE1] 1. the space or width covered with one cut of a scythe or other mowing device 2. Rare a stroke with a scythe 3. a …   English World dictionary

  • swath|er — swath|er1 «SWAY thuhr», noun. a device with curved arms extending diagonally backward, fixed to the end of the cutter bar of a reaper or mower to lift up uncut stalks, and throw those that are cut in such a way as to mark a line of separation… …   Useful english dictionary

  • swath — [ swaθ ] noun count FORMAL 1. ) a large area of land, usually longer than it is wide 2. ) a large number of people or things or a large area of something: The disease killed huge swaths of the population. cut a (wide) swath through something to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • swath — swath·er; swath; …   English syllables

  • swath — swath, swathe The word meaning ‘a ridge of grass left after mowing’ and ‘a strip’ is spelt swath (pronounced swawth; preferred) or swathe (pronounced swaydh). The noun and verb meaning ‘a bandage or wrapping’ and ‘to wrap in bandages’ is spelt… …   Modern English usage

  • SWATH — ist Abkürzung für Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull, Bauart eines Schiffrumpfs engl. Begriff für Schwad, Aufnahmestreifen eines Satelliten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Swath — ist Abkürzung für Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull, Bauart eines Schiffrumpfs engl. Begriff für Schwad, Aufnahmestreifen eines Satelliten Ähnlicher Begriff: SWAT Diese Seite ist eine Begriff …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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… …   Etymology dictionary

  • SWATH — Barco tipo SWATH piloteado. Un SWATH (siglas de las palabras inglesas Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull/ = Acuaplano Doble Casco y Área Pequeña) es un navío tipo catamarán con una leve superficie de flotación . El concepto fue inventado por el… …   Wikipedia Español

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