swan
IPA: swˈɑn
noun
- Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
- (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
- (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
- (Australian rules football) someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Noble County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Marion County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community and township in Taney County, Missouri, named after Swan Creek.
- An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- Other townships, in Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio, listed under Swan Township.
- The City of Swan, a local government area in Perth, Western Australia.
- (soccer) someone connected with Swansea City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
verb
- (intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
- (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
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Examples of "swan" in Sentences
- The symbol of the party is a swan.
- The swan flies up to her and honks at her.
- I saw white swans and pink flamingo at the zoo.
- Swan now realizes the potential of the situation.
- The stuffed animal of the swan is still in production.
- Tai is the ugly duckling turned into the beautiful swan.
- The lake is also on the migratory path of the whooper swan.
- The Mute Swan, Whooper Swan and Spoonbill can be found here.
- Young swans are known as cygnets, from the Latin word for swan, cygnus.
- In the swan's beak was a sprig of beech symbolising Carshalton Beeches.
- For instance, use of the term swan-upping is always greeted with a smile in England.
- Upper Ririe reservoir, north of St. Anthony Sand Dunes, the flats in swan valley are pretty good places.
- The reason I asked about the swan is that I've known a few state wildlife biologists personally throughout the years.
- It may be that the swan is paddling furiously below the surface of the water, but one does not have a sense of great urgency.
- In Tuesday's pictures, a Pakistani girl learns about the Quran, militants strike the parliament in Chechnya, a swan is captured on London streets and more.
- Clio's swan is also missing at Gubbio, although it is difficult to imagine that the muse of History would not have been figured into both studioli by some erudite and clever means.
- "Let fly, then," says I, "in the name of God!" and with that I fired again among the amazed wretches, and so did Friday; and as our pieces were now loaded with what I call swan-shot, or small pistol-bullets, we found only two drop; but so many were wounded that they ran about yelling and screaming like mad creatures, all bloody, and most of them miserably wounded; whereof three more fell quickly after, though not quite dead.
- And something about our culture too, since people seem to assume that scientists are much smarter than non-scientists, even though that isn't necessarily the case (I'd say maybe differently smart). bamboo: Yeah, the the "ugly duckling" smart woman who takes off her glasses and takes her hair out of a bun to become a swan is a movie cliché that I hope I never see again (and I assume you mean that your wife is hot, not ugly with no social skills.) ed t: Doesn't his co-worker Leslie fit that bill?
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