swoopingadj.
/ˈswuːpɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > with trailing garments
swooping1581
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > trailingly
trailinga1400
swooping1581
dragglinga1599
training1645
streeling1841
traily1902
1581 A. Gilby Pleasaunt Dialogue sig. B2 In this swouping blacke gowne, and this sarcenet flaunting tippet.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. ii. 262 Thy plainer verse..Is grac'd with a faire end and sooping traine.
2.
a. Descending with a rapid sweeping movement.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > swooping down
swooping1846
1846 C. G. Prowett tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound 18 The swooping thunder~bolt with flaming breath.
1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. 188 The Sea of Galilee..its waters..splashed up for a moment by the swooping pelican.
b. Of a surface: sloping sharply or steeply.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.)
staira1175
slidingc1325
steepa1400–50
side?a1475
right-up1511
steep-down1530
steepwise1542
headlonga1557
steep-up?a1560
pitch hill1560
pendent1587
high-pitched1596
steeped1596
perpendicular1598
steepy1735
declivitous1799
steepish1814
escarped1853
steep-cut1888
swooping1956
1956 G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals viii. 103 One of the first to arrive was Zatopec, an Armenian poet, a short, stocky individual with a swooping eagle nose.
1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Nov. 744/1 The gently upturned, swooping roofs.
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