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Definition of swaddle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

swaddle

verb

NAmE//ˈswɑdl//

swaddle somebody/something (old-fashioned)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they swaddle

he / she / it swaddles

past simple swaddled

-ing form swaddling

to wrap someone or something, especially a baby, tightly in clothes or a piece of cloth

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