EGAVE

swaddle

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
  2. verb To beat; cudgel.
  3. noun Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.

Similar words

swathe beswaddle bind up enswathe cradle wrap encradle bewrap clingwrap roll

Often followed by

the him and her their your of a it

Word family

swaddled swaddles swaddling

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