swan

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: swan

1	n v	stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult sweep majestically
2	v	to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: swan

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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, whooper swan
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, trumpeter swan
large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry; Cygnus atratus, black swan
large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill; Cygnus columbianus columbianus, whistling swan
North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note; Bewick's swan, Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan; smaller than the whooper

Type of:: aquatic bird
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

“Airplanes were swanning over the mountains”

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

: drift, err, stray
wander from a direct course or at random; wander
go via an indirect route or at no set pace

Types:: maunder
wander aimlessly; gad, gallivant, jazz around
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

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assert or affirm; claim, take
lay claim to; as of an idea; attest
authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; declare
state firmly; protest
affirm or avow formally or solemnly; assure, tell
inform positively and with certainty and confidence

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