Swan - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|swɑːn|
Brit.
|swɒn|
noun
- stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
verb
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (syn: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swear, verify)
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (syn: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, tramp, vagabond, wander)
- sweep majestically
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (syn: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, tramp, vagabond, wander)
- sweep majestically
Airplanes were swanning over the mountains
Extra examples
She swanned into the room.
I've been swanning around town with my mom's friend and her family.
He's gone swanning off to Rome for the weekend!
Necking trendy foreign lagers and swanning around London's nightclubs, isn't he?
While she slaved away, he swanned off to join the boss for golf every afternoon.
Airplanes were swanning over the mountains
...an ice sculpture in the conformation of a swan...
Zeus in the likeness of a swan
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: swan
he/she/it: swans
present participle: swanning
past tense: swanned
past participle: swanned
I/you/we/they: swan
he/she/it: swans
present participle: swanning
past tense: swanned
past participle: swanned
noun
singular: swan
plural: swans
singular: swan
plural: swans
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