Thesaurus: swaddle

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1. n. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
2. v. t. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
3. v. t. To beat; to cudgel.
4. v. wrap in swaddling clothes
5. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. 1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby. They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. Addison. 2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] Hudibras.
6. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddlingband.They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
7. v:100 v. wrap in swaddling clothes