swaddle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /swɔdl/

Verb

swaddle (swaddles, present participle swaddling; past and past participle swaddled)

1. To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
2. (archaic) To beat; cudgel.

Related terms

• swaddling

Translations

• French: emmailloter, langer, emmitoufler
• German: wickeln
• Italian: fasciare
• Portuguese: enfaixar
• Russian: пелена́ть

Noun

swaddle (plural swaddles)

1. Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.

   • They put me in bed in all my swaddles.

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