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Definition of 'SWAN' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) swan
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the goose family, having a long, slender neck and usu. pure-white plumage in the adult.

2.  swan
a person of unusual beauty, talent, or excellence.

3.  swan
(cap.) the constellation Cygnus.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OS

Definition of 'SWAN' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) swan
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

2. (verb) affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
"Before God I swear I am innocent"

3. (verb) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
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"

4. (verb) swan
sweep majestically
"Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"


Definition of 'SWAN' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) swan
a large white water bird with a long neck


Definition of 'SWAN' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) SWAN
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

2. (noun) SWAN
fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon

3. (noun) SWAN
the constellation Cygnus


Translation of 'SWAN' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a large, usually white, water-bird of the duck family, with a long graceful neck.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: swaan Arabic flag Arabic: تَم، أوَز عِراقي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лебеда
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cisne Czech flag Czech: labuť German flag German: der Schwan
Danish flag Danish: svane Greek flag Greek: κύκνος Spanish flag Spanish: cisne
Estonian flag Estonian: luik Farsi flag Farsi: قو Finnish flag Finnish: joutsen
French flag French: cygne Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּרבּוּר Hindi flag Hindi: हंस, राजहंस, महाकवि
Croatian flag Croatian: labud Hungarian flag Hungarian: hattyú Indonesian flag Indonesian: angsa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: svanur Italian flag Italian: cigno Japanese flag Japanese: 白鳥
Korean flag Korean: 백조 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gulbė Latvian flag Latvian: gulbis
Malay flag Malay: swan Dutch flag Dutch: zwaan Norwegian flag Norwegian: svane
Polish flag Polish: łabędź Persian flag Persian: قو Pashto flag Pashto: قو، قازه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cisne Romanian flag Romanian: lebădă Russian flag Russian: лебедь
Slovak flag Slovak: labuť Slovenian flag Slovenian: labod Serbian flag Serbian: labud
Swedish flag Swedish: svan Thai flag Thai: หงส์ Turkish flag Turkish: kuğu (kuşu)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 天鵝 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: лебідь Urdu flag Urdu: راج ہنس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con thiên nga Chinese flag Chinese: 天鹅

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