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1. swan
noun. ['ˈswɑːn, ˈswɔn'] stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult.
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Etymology
- swan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Swan
- encarnacion
- plamondon
- mondragon
- salmeron
- montavon
- hargadon
- gabaldon
- davignon
- couvillion
- zamarron
- yongbyon
- withdrawn
- von-braun
- villalon
- undergone
- sossamon
- quinton
- overdrawn
- ortegon
- matalon
- madelon
- joffrion
- dameron
- couvillon
- aguillon
- verdon
- varnon
- vardon
- silmon
- sang-gon
Sentences with swan
1. Noun, singular or mass
Forget the swan — this summer is all about the Pegasus float.
Quotes about swan
1. What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theater, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form.
- Robert Gottlieb
2. And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet.
- Russell Brand, My Booky Wook
2. swan-neck
noun. any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.
3. swan-flower
noun. any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.
4. swan
verb. ['ˈswɑːn, ˈswɔn'] to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
Etymology
- swan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. swan
verb. ['ˈswɑːn, ˈswɔn'] sweep majestically.
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Etymology
- swan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. swan
verb. ['ˈswɑːn, ˈswɔn'] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
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Etymology
- swan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))