swather
- noun
- /ˈswɔːðər/
- Specialized
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cosechadora
- After the rain stopped, he returned to the field to use his new swather on the freshly grown wheat.
- a new swather
Examples
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With the help of a swather, they collected the crops efficiently as the sun began to rise.
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"Could you use your new swather on it?" Jada suggested, following him out to the back porch.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Not my new swather.
Fiction book (1993) -
Because of the heavy dew this morning, they stood around idly, admiring the new swather.
Fiction book (1993) -
But we do have coverage for thrashing machines, balers, swathers, a tractor.
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The farmer operated the swather to neatly cut the hay and arrange it in rows for drying.
Synonyms
9
2.0
A person or machine that collects crops when they are ready
3
5.2
A machine that cuts and gathers crops on a farm
1
7.5
A machine that cuts grain and ties it into bundles
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8.6
A machine that cuts crops and lays them in rows to dry
A machine used to cut and gather farm plants at harvest
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
swather = swathe (semi-transparent) = swathe + er
The agentive suffix '-er' is productive and suggests 'one that swathes', but the base verb 'swathe' (to cut into swaths) is somewhat specialized and may not be known to all learners.
Etymology
The word swather comes from swath ('a strip or row of cut crops') and the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. So a swather is a person or machine that makes those neat rows so the crops can dry or be collected.