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SWADDLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrap in swaddling clothes

Example:

swaddled the infant

Synonyms:

swaddle; swathe

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "swaddle" is one way to...):

bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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