Definition of swaddle Swaddle

swad•dle

We found 9 definitions of swaddle from 5 different sources.

What does swaddle mean?

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Verb swaddles, swaddling, swaddled
swaddle - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant"
		swathe
		bind form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

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swaddle (Noun)
Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
swaddle (Verb)
To bind a baby with long narrow strips of cloth.
swaddle (Verb)
To beat; cudgel.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

swaddle (n.)
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
swaddle (v. t.)
To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
swaddle (v. t.)
To beat; to cudgel.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

swaddle
swod′l, v.t. to swathe or bind tight with clothes, as an infant.—ns. Swadd′ler, an Irish papist's name for a Methodist, &c.; Swadd′ling-band, Swadd′ling-cloth, a cloth for swaddling an infant:—pl. Swadd′ling-clothes (B.). [A.S. swethel, a swaddling-band, swathu, a bandage.]

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swaddle, verb, present, 1st person singular of swaddle (infinitive).
swaddle, verb (infinitive).
swaddle, noun, singular of swaddles.

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