swaths
Wide cut paths
Swaths is the plural of swath, a strip or belt of something, especially cut grass or grain lying in a row after mowing.
By extension, a swath is any broad strip or path: The tornado cut a swath through the town.
In the plural, swaths often describes large portions: swaths of the population, vast swaths of territory.
Also spelled swathes.
Group playing music together
- beltStrap securing trousers
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- stripeContrasting linear marking
- tractArea of land
corridor · stretch · expanse · strip · streak · zone · section · segment
Trimming grass short
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- harvestGathering mature crops
- hayfieldGrass-growing harvest plot
windrow · stubble · grass · meadow · sweep · clearing · blade · pass
band
Group playing music together
tract · corridor · stretch · expanse · strip · streak · zone · section · segment · pathway
mowing
Trimming grass short
hayfield · windrow · stubble · grass · meadow · sweep · clearing · blade · pass · row
expanse
Unbroken area of space
reach · scope · spread · coverage · range · territory · region · span · area · tract
textile
Material from woven fibers
binding · gauze · muslin · linen · cotton · drapery · bolt · yardage · material · weave
swathsdots
Small circular marks
specks · pinpricks · scatterings · spots · patches
- cut a swathCreate striking impression
- cutting a swath
- cut a wide swathAttract considerable notice
- cutting a wide swathHaving extensive influence
- cut a swatheMove forcefully, leaving mark
- cut a wide swatheHave far-reaching influence