to swaddle

Examples

• All

• Freckled, ginger-haired Sandy is sitting on her bed-couch, a swaddled baby held in her arms.

  Fiction book (2001)

• To keep him warm, she decided to swaddle the baby tightly in a soft blanket.

• When doctors swaddle her like this, she sleeps like a baby.

  Silicon Valley Girl

• I was just swaddling you because you seemed scared.

  Elio (2025)

• The infant was entirely swaddled in flannel; only his tiny face showed.

  Fiction book (2002)

• An attendant bathed and swaddled the baby and placed it with its head toward the fire.

  Academic text (2004)

• A few moments later, Hetje placed the swaddled child in Sally's arms.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The nurse nods, moves to an isolette containing a swaddled baby, its head obscured by the blanket.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Martha watched Nettie Lee bending over Gonsalves, swaddling him tighter in his blanket.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The nurse will swaddle the newborn carefully to ensure he feels secure while sleeping.

Synonyms

T

to tuck in

vsto swaddle

• Informal

53 3.0

To put covers around someone in bed to keep them warm

is tighter wrapping of infants to limit movement rather than arranging bedding

S

to swath

vsto swaddle

• US

5 8.2

To wrap something completely in cloth or bandages

is used for infants and is tighter to limit movement

D

to duddle

vsto swaddle

• Archaic

9.9

To wrap someone or something warmly in a blanket

is tighter to restrict infant movement and ensure warmth

How Tight

to restrain

86 4.6

to bind

132 3.2

to swaddle

12 3.8

to wrap

729 1.0

to cover

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology