swan
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
Types & categories
- aquatic bird hypernym
- coscoroba hyponym
- cob hyponym
- pen hyponym
- cygnet hyponym
- mute swan hyponym
- whooper swan hyponym
- tundra swan hyponym
- trumpeter swan hyponym
- black swan hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Anatidae member holonym
- swan's down part meronym
Sense 2 verb
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Before God I swear I am innocent
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- oath derivation
- assertion derivation
- affirmation derivation
- affirmation derivation
- asserter derivation
- swearer derivation
- affirmable derivation
Sense 3 verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
The gypsies roamed the woods
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
sweep majestically
Airplanes were swanning over the mountains
Types & categories
- sail hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Anatidae |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | swan's down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | aquatic bird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coscoroba |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cob |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cygnet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mute swan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whooper swan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tundra swan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trumpeter swan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | black swan |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | oath |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assertion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirmation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirmation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | asserter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swearer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirmable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | claim |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | attest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | declare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | protest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | assure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramble |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wandering |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | drifting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagabond |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rambler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | straggler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagrant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bird of passage |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | stray |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | wander |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | maunder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gad |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sail |