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SWADDLE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they swaddle ... he / she / it swaddles
Past simple: swaddled
-ing form: swaddling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
swaddled the infant
Synonyms:
swaddle; swathe
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "swaddle" is one way to...):
bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody