swan 1 (sw n)n. 1. Any of various large aquatic birds of the family Anatidae chiefly of the genera Cygnus and Olor, 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). [Middle English, from Old English; see swen- in Indo-European roots.] |
| swan 2 (swn) intr.v. Chiefly Southern U.S. To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swan as an interjection. See Regional Note at vum. [Probably alteration of dialectal (I) s' warrant, (I) shall warrant.] |
swan [swɒn]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large aquatic bird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba, having a long neck and usually a white plumage: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes
2. (Literature / Poetry) Rare, literary
a. a poet
b. (capital when part of a title or epithet) the Swan of Avon (Shakespeare)
vb swans, swanning, swanned
(intr; usually foll by around or about) Informal to wander idly
[Old English; related to Old Norse svanr, Middle Low German swōn]
swanlike adj
Swan [swɒn]
n
(Placename) 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)
Swan2
n
(Biographies / Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (1828-1914) M, English, SCIENCE: physicist, SCIENCE: chemist) Sir Joseph Wilson. 1828-1914, English physicist and chemist, who developed the incandescent electric light (1880) independently of Edison
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| Noun | 1. |  swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adultaquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water Anatidae, family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks coscoroba - large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans cob - adult male swan pen - female swan cygnet - a young swan Cygnus olor, mute swan - soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated Cygnus columbianus, tundra swan - swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan, trumpeter - large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry black swan, Cygnus atratus - large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill swan's down - down of the swan |
| Verb | 1. |  swan - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"hold - assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good" attest - authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature" declare - state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence" |
| 2. |  swan - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" maunder - wander aimlessly drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town" | |
| 3. | swan - sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains" |
swan noun
Translations
swan
swan:
n → Schwan m
vi (Brit inf) to swan off → abziehen (inf); to swan around New York → in New York herumziehen (inf); to swan around (the house) → zu Hause herumschweben (inf)
swan:
swan song
n (fig) → Schwanengesang m
swan-upping
n → feierliche Zeichnung der jungen Schwäne
swan [swɒn]
swan [swɒn]
1. n → cigno
2. vi (fam) to swan around → fare la bella vita
he swanned off to New York → se n'è andato bellamente a New York
he swanned off to New York → se n'è andato bellamente a New York
swan [swɒn]
1. n → cigno
2. vi (fam) to swan around → fare la bella vita
he swanned off to New York → se n'è andato bellamente a New York
he swanned off to New York → se n'è andato bellamente a New York
n swan [swon]
a large, usually white, water-bird of the duck family, with a long graceful neck. swaan تَم، أوَز عِراقي лебеда labuť svane der Schwan κύκνος cisne luik قو joutsen cygne בַּרבּוּר हंस, राजहंस, महाकवि labud hattyú angsa svanur cigno 白鳥 백조 gulbė gulbis swan zwaan svane łabędź cisne lebădă лебедь labuť labod labud svan หงส์ kuğu (kuşu) 天鵝 лебідь راج ہنس con thiên nga 天鹅
swan song
the last work or performance of eg a poet, musician etc before his death or retirement. swanesang آخر قِطْعَة يُنْتِجُها الفَنّان قَبْلَ مَوْتِه лебедова песен labutí píseň svanesang der Schwanengesang κύκνειο άσμα canto de cisne (kellegi) luigelaul آخرين كار قبل از مرگ joutsenlaulu chant du cygne שִׁירַת הַבָּרבּוּר अन्तिम कृति labuđi pjev hattyúdal karya terakhir svanasöngur; síðasta verk listamanns canto del cigno 最後の作品 최후의 작품 gulbės giesmė gulbja dziesma karya yang terakhir zwanezang svanesang łabędzi śpiew canto do cisne cântec de lebădă лебединая песнь labutia pieseň labodji spev labudova pesma svanesång งานชิ้นสุดท้ายก่อนตาย son eser (詩人，音樂家的)最後作品 лебедина пісня کسی شاعر کی آخری تخلیق tác phẩm cuối cùng （诗人，音乐家的）最后作品
swan → إوزة labuť svane Schwan κύκνος cisne joutsen cygne labud cigno 白鳥 백조 zwaan svane łabędź cisne лебедь svan หงส์ kuğu con thiên nga 天鹅
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