swaddle

tr.v., -dled, -dling, -dles.

1. To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.
2. To wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes.
3. To restrain or restrict.

n.
A band or cloth used for swaddling.

[Middle English swadlen, probably back-formation from swadling (band), swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde, both from *swathelen, probably frequentative of Old English swathian, to swathe.]

verb

To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, roll, swathe, wrap, wrap up. See put on/take off.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants
  Synonym: swathe

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - svøb
n. - svøbe

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    svøb

Nederlands (Dutch)
inwikkelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - emmailloter, emmitoufler
n. - action d'emmailloter

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    langes

Deutsch (German)
v. - wickeln
n. - Windel

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    Windeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φασκιώνω, μπαντάρω
n. - φασκιά, σπάργανο

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    φασκιές, σπάργανα

Italiano (Italian)
avviluppare

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    fasce

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enfaixar
n. - faixa

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    faixas

Русский (Russian)
пеленать сдерживать ограничивать

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    пеленки, ограничения, контроль, начальная стадия, младенческий возраст

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - envolver, fajar, vendar
n. - envoltura, faja, vendaje

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    envueltas, mantillas, pañales, fajas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - linda (in), linda om
n. - linda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
把用布包住, 限制...的行动, 用纱带包扎, 襁褓, 绷带

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    襁褓, 初期, 襁褓期, 限制或约束

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 把用布包住, 限制...的行動, 用紗帶包紮
n. - 襁褓, 繃帶

idioms:

• swaddling clothes    襁褓, 初期, 襁褓期, 限制或約束

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 강보로 싸다, 헝겊으로 둘둘 두르다
n. - 포대기, 강보

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 細長い布で包む, 押える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قماط الطفل (الاسم) يقمط ( الطفل)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חיתל, עטף ברצועות-בד, תחבושת‬
n. - ‮חיתול, תחבושת, רצועת-בד‬

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swaddle blanket	swaddle blankets