Definisjon av swan

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Noun

swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
aquatic bird wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
anatidae, family anatidae swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
coscoroba 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 swan, whooper 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 swan, trumpeter large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
black swan, cygnus atratus large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill

Verb

swan - sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
sail, sweep traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
swan - 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"
roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
maunder wander aimlessly
gad, gallivant, jazz around wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
err, stray, drift to make a mistake or be incorrect
wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
swan - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear
declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"
claim, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
attest authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature"
declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
protest utter words of protest
assure, tell assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
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Substantiv

swan - Someone connected with City Swansea City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
swan - Someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

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  • Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae.

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  • swan
    A large aquatic bird with white feathers and a long, sinuous neck.
  • swan
    To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) swan
  • Presens: swan / swans
  • Preteritum: swanned
  • Perfektum: (have) swanned

Substantiv

  • Entall: swan
  • Flertall: swans

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