Swaddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.
  • v. To wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes.
  • v. To restrain or restrict.
  • n. A band or cloth used for swaddling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
  • v. To beat; cudgel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
  • v. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants.
  • v. To beat; to cudgel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bandage or long strip of cloth used for wrapping a child, or for bandaging in any similar manner; a swaddling-band.
  • To bind with long and narrow bandages, or as if with bandages; swathe: said especially of young children, who are still bandaged in this manner in many parts of Europe to prevent them from using their limbs freely, owing to a fancy that those who are left free in infancy become deformed.
  • To beat; cudgel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. wrap in swaddling clothes
  • Verb Form
    swaddled    swaddles    swaddling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bind   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beat    cudgel    swathe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts