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swan

/swɑn/noun, verb1 syllable

Swan means: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.

Synonyms for swan18

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

roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond, err

verb, as in to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear

What does swan mean?4

verb

1

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment“The gypsies roamed the woods”

2

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true“Before God I swear I am innocent”

3

sweep majestically“Airplanes were swanning over the mountains”

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with swan?24

three syllables

kazakhstanwhereupon

four syllables

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Swan in a sentence

  • The lake is calm, with some swans swimming on it.unknown
  • Swans are beautiful and elegant birds, quite the opposite from crows and vultures.sangelo
  • There is a swan in the water there.Arraroak
  • Vasilissa turned into a white swan and flew away through the window.Hybrid
  • The princess was turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer.Hybrid
  • The ugly duckling turned into a beautiful swan.CHThiem
  • She is painting a beautiful picture of a swan.Solana
  • There used to be a pond here where you could see many swans.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of swan

as a noun

plural
swans

as a verb

past tense
swanned
present participle
swanning
third-person singular
swans
past participle
swanned