swan :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

swan

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

Verbs (15)

swan

v. sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

cast, ramble, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (146)

dive, diving

n. a headlong plunge into water

cannonball, round shot, cannon ball

n. a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

maintain, assert, asseverate

v. state categorically

say, aver, allege

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

profess

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

covenant, enter into a covenant

v. enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"

swear, promise solemnly

v. promise solemnly; take an oath

try, essay, test, examine, prove, try out, experiment with

v. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

vow, make a vow

v. make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"

reason, argue

v. present reasons and arguments

argue, indicate, argue for

v. give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

attribute, assign, impute, ascribe

v. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

guarantee, undertake

v. promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"

voice, give voice to

v. give voice to; "He voiced his concern"

declare, announce, announce officially

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

label, judge, pronounce

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

state, say, tell

v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

draw, describe, depict

v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

clear up, clarify, elucidate

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

narrate, provide a commentary for

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

spin, recount, tell, recite, narrate

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

relate, give an account of

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report, describe, report on

v. give information

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

stray, digress, divagate, wander

v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, diffuse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

deviate, divert

v. turn aside; turn away from

march, hike

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

shlep, traipse

v. walk or tramp about

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

twist, turn in the opposite direction

v. turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"

amble, mosey

v. walk leisurely