swath

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cut a (wide) swath

1. To garner attention. Cindy is such a talented designer that I'm sure her gowns will cut a swath in the fashion world.

2. To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. It seems that the high winds cut a wide swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a swath through this part of the globe.

cut a big swath

1. To garner attention. Cindy is such a talented designer that I'm sure her gowns will cut a big swath in the fashion world.

2. To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. Usually followed by "through." It seems that the high winds cut a big swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a big swath through this part of the globe.

cut a swath through (something)

To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. It seems that the high winds cut a swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a swath through this part of the globe.

cut a wide swath

and cut a big swath

to seem important; to attract a lot of attention. In social matters, Mrs. Smith cuts a wide swath. Bob cuts a big swath whenever he appears in his military uniform.

cut a wide swath

Draw a lot of attention, make a considerable display, as in Although he was new to the company, he cut a wide swath. This metaphoric use of making a big sweep of the scythe in cutting grass survives despite the mechanization of farming and the declining use of the noun swath. [Mid-1800s]

cut a wide swath

To make a big display; draw much attention.

cut a (wide) swath, to

To make a showy display, to attract attention. The term originated in America and comes from mowing, a “swath” being the amount cut by one big sweep of the scythe. It was transferred to human showoffs by the mid-nineteenth century. “How he was a strutting up the sidewalk—didn’t he cut a swath!” wrote Ann S. Stephens in High Life in New York (1843). It is heard less often today, but has not quite died out.

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释义	swath Related to swath: thesaurus cut a (wide) swath 1. To garner attention. Cindy is such a talented designer that I'm sure her gowns will cut a swath in the fashion world. 2. To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. It seems that the high winds cut a wide swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a swath through this part of the globe. See also: cut, swath cut a big swath 1. To garner attention. Cindy is such a talented designer that I'm sure her gowns will cut a big swath in the fashion world. 2. To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. Usually followed by "through." It seems that the high winds cut a big swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a big swath through this part of the globe. See also: big, cut, swath cut a swath through (something) To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. It seems that the high winds cut a swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a swath through this part of the globe. See also: cut, swath, through Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cut a wide swath and cut a big swath to seem important; to attract a lot of attention. In social matters, Mrs. Smith cuts a wide swath. Bob cuts a big swath whenever he appears in his military uniform. See also: cut, swath, wide McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. cut a wide swath Draw a lot of attention, make a considerable display, as in Although he was new to the company, he cut a wide swath. This metaphoric use of making a big sweep of the scythe in cutting grass survives despite the mechanization of farming and the declining use of the noun swath. [Mid-1800s] See also: cut, swath, wide The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. cut a wide swath To make a big display; draw much attention. See also: cut, swath, wide American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. cut a (wide) swath, to To make a showy display, to attract attention. The term originated in America and comes from mowing, a “swath” being the amount cut by one big sweep of the scythe. It was transferred to human showoffs by the mid-nineteenth century. “How he was a strutting up the sidewalk—didn’t he cut a swath!” wrote Ann S. Stephens in High Life in New York (1843). It is heard less often today, but has not quite died out. See also: cut The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: cut a (wide) swath cut a wide swath cut a big swath cut a swath through (something) cut a swathe through cut a swathe through something swathe have something at your feet cut a (wide) swath, to gown References in periodicals archive Left: The Kuhn Merge Maxx is a trailed alternative to rakes for bringing spread grass or swaths into a single row to optimise harvest machinery productivity. ScotGrass debut of Disco 3200 Move to add touch of Claas; Demonstrations will show the latest equipment for mowing, tedding, swath merging, baling, chopping and haulage While swath control technology automatically turns inputs on and off to avoid application to unwanted locations, the best efficiencies are achieved by adjusting the inputs within a range of values. Variable--rate application and swath control technology Years ago, he says, if the hay was dry, a farmer would use a 5-foot hay mower and go right down the swath with the hay loader. New ideas for tractor show from New Idea collector The multibeam ScanSAR may be adopted for future spaceborne high resolution ultra wide swath imaging, since it achieves the HRWS imaging capacity better than conventional multichannel ScanSAR under the same condition. Two dimension digital beamforming preprocessing in multibeam ScanSAR The swath of the SAR is about 5.2 km, and we have found obvious focusing quality decline at the edge of the swath when the aircraft has strong motion errors. Improved motion compensation for wide-beam wide-swath airborne SAR The workflow in Figure 1 was developed to assess the utility of MS1 Filtering and SWATH MS2 for the multiprotease digestion of ErbB2. Label-free quantitation and mapping of the ErbB2 tumor receptor by multiple protease digestion with data-dependent (MS1) and data-independent (MS2) acquisitions Soil scientist Don Tanaka and colleagues at the ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory in Mandan, North Dakota, conducted a 4-year research project that showed farmers could save as much as 24 cents per cow, per day, by swath grazing from mid-November through mid-February. Bringing back the cows with swath grazing In many cases, supporting a clavicle fracture so it can heal involves fitting the child with a figure-eight bandage, a sling and swath, or a Velpeau sling improvised from stockinette. Some fractures need a specialist, and some don't He closely tracked Katrina and notes that the storm cut such a wide swath that it did not appear to be targeting any one segment of the Gulf region--or even the city of New Orleans itself. The blame game: 9/11. The tsunami. Katrina. All the gays' fault, according to certain far-right wing nuts. Are they crazy? The idea is to fly several planes into the eye of a hurricane, cutting a triangular swath to the center while dumping this polymer. Can hurricanes be stopped? While it's probably true that Saturn won't take every Opel as its own--the German brand covers a broad swath from commercial vehicles to entry-level luxury cars--it will gain from Opel's reputation for functionality. Bryan Nesbitt, take 2: slightly more than a year after our first encounter, we check up on his progress in reformulating GM Europe Design Unique lightbar design combines easy-to-see online LEDs and graphic screen to simplify curve guidance and orientation to the swath. Most popular applications include spreading, spraying, seeding, tillage and broad-acre harvest, with pass-to-pass accuracy of 6 to 8 inches--a highly affordable way to try guidance at just US$2,795. Customer entry options to the guidance market Supporters of SMART propose to take this carrot and stick approach to the next level, using it to achieve uniformity and reform among all states and across a breathtakingly broad swath of the insurance regulatory landscape. A profound change: the SMART bill's most far-reaching change may be preemption of state approval of rates in one swath these mother-'fers take the stage and make udder mockery of any ambitionist that ever advanced upon said arena. Oxes
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