Definition of swan

"swan" in the noun sense

1. swan

stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

"swan" in the verb sense

1. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

"Before God I swear I am innocent"

2. 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"

3. swan

sweep majestically

"Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

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Quotations for swan

Sweet Swan of Avon. [ Ben Jonson of Shakespeare ]

The swan sings when death comes. [ Proverb ]

He was not of an age, but for all Time,
Sweet Swan of Avon. [ Ben Jonson ]

The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow. [ Lowell ]

Xenophon wrote with a swan's quill, Plato with a pen of gold, and Thucylides with a brazen stylus. [ Joubert ]

It's a long stretch between that first birthday speech and this one. That was my cradle-song; and this is my swan-song, I suppose. I am used to swan-songs; I have sung them several times. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

swan in Scrabble®

The word swan is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters swan:

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swan in Words With Friends™

The word swan is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words within the letters of swan

2 letter words in swan (2 words)

3 letter words in swan (4 words)

4 letter words in swan (Anagrams) (3 words)

Words containing the sequence swan

Words with swan in them (1 word)

Words that end with swan (1 word)

Word Growth involving swan

Shorter words in swan

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Longer words containing swan

swang

swank swanked

swank swanker

swank swankest

swank swankier

swank swankiest

swank swankily

swank swankiness

swank swanking

swank swanks

swank swanky

swans swansong