swan
swon
- n stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- v to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- v sweep majestically
Airplanes were swanning over the mountains
- The traditional Swan Lake ending, which is authentically portrayed by the Royal Balletthe Princess changed back into a swan, forever lost to the worldis drastically altered .
- One day last week a great northbound skein of wild whistling swans (less rare than the trumpeting species) settled upon Niagara River above the falls to spend the night.
- Three hundred pure white swans, fat, sluggard, stupid, sacred to the Hindu God Brahma, have been carried immemorially as a heavy and increasing charge on the budget of Jammu .