swaddle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swɔdl/
• Rhymes: -ɒdəl

Verb

swaddle (third-person singular simple present swaddles, present participle swaddling, simple 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

to bind a baby

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包裹嬰兒, 包裹婴儿 (bāoguǒ yīng'ér)

• Dutch: inbakeren (nl)
• Faroese: reiva (fo)
• Finnish: kapaloida (fi)

• French: emmailloter (fr), langer (fr)
• German: wickeln (de)
• Romanian: înfășa (ro)
• Russian: пеленать (ru) (p'el'enát') impf., запеленать (ru) (zap'el'enát') pf.

Noun

swaddle (plural swaddles)

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

     They put me in bed in all my swaddles.

Anagrams

• dawdles
• waddles