Antonyms for swaddle


Grammar : Verb
Spell : swod-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈswɒd l


Definition of swaddle

Origin :
  • c.1300, probably a frequentative form of Old English swaþian (see swathe). Related: Swaddled; swaddling. Phrase swaddling clothes is from Coverdale (1535) translation of Luke ii:7.
  • verb swathe
  • verb wrap
Example sentences :
  • He wanted to take the serape of the grandee and swaddle him in it.
  • Extract from : « The Open Boat and Other Stories » by Stephen Crane
  • But she had preferred to swaddle and nurse her feeling of offence, and coquet at the same time with Mashko.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • There would be sad screaming and kicking were I to swaddle mine in stone-work.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • Come, come, strap and string down; swaddle it round wi' sax dizzen o' wheelbands, and fasten a steel-belted fur cap ower aboon a'.
  • Extract from : « The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by James Hogg
  • Why don't you swaddle him round with good tight girths, or secure his natural tub with a strong sorb-apple-tree hoop?
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • The swaddle is a piece of stout cloth about a yard square, to one corner of which is attached a long narrow band.
  • Extract from : « The Syrian Christ » by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
  • They take a live man, let us say Sergey Golovin, they swaddle him as a doll and they hang him by the neck until he is dead.
  • Extract from : « The Seven who were Hanged » by Leonid Andreyev
  • The one thing she would not buy was a sewing machine to make her own swaddle with, as Ilse economically counselled.
  • Extract from : « The Pastor's Wife » by Elizabeth von Arnim

Synonyms for swaddle

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