- the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
- the piece or strip so cut.
- a line or ridge of grass, grain, or the like, cut and thrown together by a scythe or mowing machine.
- a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything.
- to make a pretentious display; attract notice: The new doctor cut a swath in the small community.
- the width of one sweep of a scythe or of the blade of a mowing machine
- the strip cut by either of these in one course
- the quantity of cut grass, hay, or similar crop left in one course of such mowing
- a long narrow strip or belt
