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
- 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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