| swan | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult. |
| ~ aquatic 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 cygnus, whooper swan, whooper | common Old World swan noted for its whooping call. |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (communication) | 2. affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify | 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" |
| ~ claim, take | lay claim to; as of an idea.; "She took credit for the whole idea" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence.; "I tell you that man is a crook!" |
| v. (motion) | 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.; "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. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 4. swan | sweep majestically.; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains" |
| ~ sail, sweep | move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions.; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky" |
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