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Swan meaning in English

Meaning of Swan in English

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Swan

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Noun

1. swan

stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

Verb

2. affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Example Sentences:
'Before God I swear I am innocent'

3. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Example Sentences:
'The gypsies roamed the woods'
'roving vagabonds'
'the wandering Jew'
'The cattle roam across the prairie'
'the laborers drift from one town to the next'
'They rolled from town to town'

4. swan

sweep majestically

Example Sentences:
'Airplanes were swanning over the mountains'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Swan

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noun
1. 
any large aquatic bird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba, having a long neck and usually a white plumage: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes
2. rare, literary
a. 
a poet
b. 
(capital when part of a title or epithet)
the Swan of Avon (Shakespeare)
verbWord forms: swans, swanning or swanned
3. (intr; usually foll by around or about) informal
to wander idly
noun
a river in SW Western Australia, rising as the Avon northeast of Narrogin and flowing northwest and west to the Indian Ocean below Perth. Length: about 240 km (150 miles)
noun
Sir Joseph Wilson. 1828–1914, English physicist and chemist, who developed the incandescent electric light (1880) independently of Edison

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Swan

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noun
1. Word forms: plural swans or swan
any of several large-bodied, web-footed waterfowl (family Anatidae, esp. genus Cygnus) with a long, graceful neck and, typically, pure white feathers: swans are graceful swimmers and strong fliers
2. 
a person who resembles or is thought to resemble a swan in some way; sometimes, specif., a great poet or singer
verb intransitive
3.  British, Informal
to move slowly or majestically, with a calm, serene air
verb intransitive
Dialectal
to swear
usually in the exclamation I swan!, used to express surprise, impatience, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Swan

see synonyms of swan
n.
1. Any of various large waterbirds of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba of the family Anatidae, having webbed feet, a long slender neck, and usually white plumage.
2. Swan See Cygnus.
intr.v. swanned, swan·ning, swans
Chiefly British
To travel around from place to place: "Swanning around Europe nowadays, are we?" (Jeffrey Archer).
intr.v.
Chiefly Southern US
To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swan as an interjection. See Note at vum.

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