swaddle
verb/ˈswɒdl/
/ˈswɑːdl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they swaddle | /ˈswɒdl/ /ˈswɑːdl/ |
| he / she / it swaddles | /ˈswɒdlz/ /ˈswɑːdlz/ |
| past simple swaddled | /ˈswɒdld/ /ˈswɑːdld/ |
| past participle swaddled | /ˈswɒdld/ /ˈswɑːdld/ |
| -ing form swaddling | /ˈswɒdlɪŋ/ /ˈswɑːdlɪŋ/ |
- swaddle somebody/something to wrap somebody/something, especially a baby, tightly in clothes or a piece of clothOxford Collocations DictionarySwaddle is used with these nouns as the object:
- baby
Word OriginMiddle English: frequentative of the verbswathe.Definitions on the go
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