swaddle

«swaddle» in Mova's school dictionary: to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (swaddle, swaddles, swaddled, swaddling); noun (swaddling clothes, old use)

meaning for a pupil

1) To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much. tree →

2) Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this. (old use) tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a baby is wrapped up and laid in a safe place, as in a stork bringing a swaddled child

examples

• The mother swaddled the baby in a blanket. tree →
• The stork carried a baby in swaddling clothes. tree →
• Babies were often swaddled tightly long ago. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swaddle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.