swear
IPA: swˈɛr
noun
- A swear word.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
- (transitive) To take an oath that an assertion is true.
- (transitive) To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
- (transitive) To administer an oath to (a person).
- (transitive, intransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.
adjective
- (Northern England, Scotland) Heavy.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Top-heavy; too high.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Dull; lazy; slow.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Reluctant; unwilling.
- (Northern England, Scotland) Niggardly.
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Examples of "swear" in Sentences
- I dislike people who swear.
- I could swear it was to the furlong.
- They didn't swear fealty to the king.
- I swear I had no maliciousness intended.
- I could swear that it was to the furlong.
- It is not the habitual use of swear words.
- Survivors of the fleet swear to the truth of the story.
- Spartacus swears to the oath of the brotherhood of the gladiator.
- He swears allegiance to the Constitution of the Republic of China.
- Fully half of the females will swear, and a large number swear habitually.