1 noun stripstráice masc4 c m ua large swathe of landstráice mór talún2 noun large numberin swathesina slaodanna3 verb cover, envelop TRANSITIVEfáisc verb c m ufill verb c m u
phrases
to cut a swathe through sth
(also
to carve a swathe though sth
)1 make wide paththey cut a swathe through the woodsghearr siad ciseach tríd an gcoill, ghearr siad cosán tríd an gcoillthe tornado cut a swathe of destruction through the cityd'fhág an tornádó léirscrios ina dhiaidh trí stráice fairsing den chathair, scrios an tornádó stráice mór den chathair2 make big changesdo rian féin a fhágáil ar ruddo lorg féin a fhágáil ar rud