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swan
1[ swon ]
noun
- any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult. Compare mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan.
- a person or thing of unusual beauty, excellence, purity, or the like.
- Literary. a person who sings sweetly or a poet.
- Swan, Astronomy. the constellation Cygnus.
swan
2[ swon ]
verb (used without object)
- Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use. to swear or declare (used with I ):
Well, I swan, I never expected to see you here!
Swan
3[ swon ]
noun
- Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor.
swan
1/ ɒ /
noun
- any large aquatic bird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba, having a long neck and usually a white plumage: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes
- rare.
- a poet
- ( capital when part of a title or epithet )
the Swan of Avon (Shakespeare)
verb
- informal.intr; usually foll by around or about to wander idly
Swan
2/ ɒ /
noun
- 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)
Swan
3/ ɒ /
noun
- SwanSir Joseph Wilson18281914MEnglishSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: chemist Sir Joseph Wilson. 1828–1914, English physicist and chemist, who developed the incandescent electric light (1880) independently of Edison
Derived Forms
- ˈɲˌ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ɲl adjective
yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
“Just the way the sky was, all the smoke, the way the swans were covered,” she said with emotion in her voice.
In one of his film’s most moving segments, Martha and Ingrid spend an evening watching “The Dead,” celebrated director John Huston’s swan song, based on James Joyce’s haunting story about the impermanence of everything.
The heat wave "was so extreme, it's tempting to apply the label of a 'black swan' event, one that can't be predicted," said Bartusek.
Like majestic swans, they cross in front of the house on their way to Perdido Bay.
Argentina then took charge of the breakdown and a smart turnover set them on their way for Joaquin Oviedo to swan dive under the posts.
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