| NOUN | animal | swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult |
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| VERB | communication | swan, affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
| motion | swan, roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | |
| motion | swan | sweep majestically |
| Sounds | swaa'n; swao'n | |
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| Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... | |
| Amon ... yawn: 34 rhymes with aon... | ||
| Meaning | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult. | |
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| Member of | Anatidae, family Anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip |
| Parts | swan's down | down of the swan |
| Narrower | black swan, Cygnus atratus | large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
| cob | adult male swan | |
| coscoroba | large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans | |
| cygnet | A young swan | |
| mute swan, Cygnus olor | soundless Eurasian swan | |
| pen | female swan | |
| trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator | large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | |
| tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus | swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds | |
| whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus | Common Old World swan noted for its whooping call | |
| Broader | aquatic bird | wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water |
| Spanish | cisne | |
| Catalan | cigne | |
| Meaning | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They swan that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonyms | affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear | |
| Narrower | assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence |
| attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | |
| claim, take | lay claim to | |
| declare | state firmly | |
| hold | assert or affirm | |
| protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly | |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Spanish | afirmar, asegurar, aseverar, atestar, certificar, corroborar, garantizar, jurar, testimoniar, verificar | |
| Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, corroborar, jurar, verificar | |
| Meaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | |
| Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
| maunder | wander aimlessly | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
| wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace | |
| Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar | |
| Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar | |
| Meaning | sweep majestically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains" | |
| Broader | sweep, sail | Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions |
| Spanish | pavonearse | |
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