nnoun.animalstately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adultMember Holonyms:Anatidae family Anatidae
Hypernyms:aquatic bird
Inherited Hypernyms:swanaquatic birdbirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Cygnus atratusCygnus buccinatorCygnus columbianusCygnus cygnusCygnus olorblack swancobcoscorobacygnetmute swanpentrumpetertrumpeter swantundra swanwhooperwhooper swan
Part Meronyms:swan's down
Full Hyponyms:bewick's swanblack swancobcoscorobacygnetmute swanpentrumpetertundra swanwhistling swanwhooper
vverb.communicationto declare or affirm solemnly and formally as trueSynset:affirm assert aver avow swear verify
Examples:- Before God I swear I am innocent
Derivationally Related Form:affirmationavowalassertionswearerassertableavermentswearingaffirmerasserteravower
Hypernyms:declare
Inherited Hypernyms:affirmdeclarestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:assureattestclaimdeclareholdprotesttaketell
Full Troponyms:assureattestclaimdeclareholdprotest
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: assert, avow, swear, swan, affirm, aver)
vverb.motionmove about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employmentSynset:cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray tramp vagabond wander
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:wanderervagabondstrayervagabondageroamerramblerrovingstrayrambledriftertrampdriftingwandering
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:rolltravel
Direct Hyponyms:gadgallivantjazz aroundmaunder
Full Troponyms:gallivantmaunder
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | They --- the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam) | They --- in the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam)
vverb.motionsweep majesticallyExamples:- Airplanes were swanning over the mountains
Hypernyms:sail sweep
Inherited Hypernyms:swansweepmove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP