swidden /ˈswɪdn̩/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.Kamiali Village is a community of swidden horticulturists and fishers lying 80 kilometers in a south-southeasterly direction along the coast from the City of Lae, Papua New Guinea. — 2007 verb1 •To clear an area of land by cutting and burning.The reason, Scott says, is that swiddening provides a freedom that fixed agriculture does not. — 2009 formsswiddened · swiddening · swiddens
