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swatching

swatching is the present participle and gerund of swatch.

Meaning of swatch

Verb

swatch (third-person singular simple present swatches, present participle swatching, simple past and past participle swatched)

  1. To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
    • Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.

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Questions about swatching

What is swatching the present participle and gerund of?
Swatching is the present participle and gerund of swatch.

Words near swatching in the dictionary

  1. Swatch Internet Time
  2. swatched
  3. swatchel
  4. swatchels
  5. swatches
  6. swatching
  7. swatchway
  8. swatchways
  9. swate
  10. Swatek
  11. Swateks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swatching (page history and authors); swatch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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