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

sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

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

sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

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".

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.

Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.

The constellation Cygnus.

A graceful, web-footed bird of the goose family, with a very long neck; a poet or singer.

A large, web footed, long necked bird, noted for its grace on the water.

A large aquatic fowl with very long neck and graceful movement, in Europe white, but in Australia black.

A web-foot aquatic bird closely resembling the goose, with a veryong neck, and remarkable for its grace and elegance hile swimming.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, Icelandic] A large web-footed bird, like a goose, but handsomer and more graceful, having also a longer neck and beak, and being generally larger and stronger.