ALL meanings of swan
swan
S s - noun swan Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor. 1
- verb without object swan Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use. to swear or declare (used with I): Well, I swan, I never expected to see you here! 1
- noun swan aquatic bird 1
- countable noun swan A swan is a large bird with a very long neck. Swans live on rivers and lakes and are usually white. 0
- verb swan If you describe someone as swanning around or swanning off, you mean that they go and have fun, rather than working or taking care of their responsibilities. 0
- noun swan any large aquatic bird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba, having a long neck and usually a white plumage: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes 0
- noun swan a poet 0
- noun swan (capital when part of a title or epithet) 0
- verb swan to wander idly 0
- noun swan a river in SW Western Australia, rising as the Avon northeast of Narrogin and flowing northwest and west to the Indian Ocean below Perth. Length: about 240 km (150 miles) 0
- noun swan Sir Joseph Wilson. 1828–1914, English physicist and chemist, who developed the incandescent electric light (1880) independently of Edison 0
- noun swan any of several large-bodied, web-footed waterfowl (family Anatidae, esp. genus Cygnus) with a long, graceful neck and, typically, pure white feathers: swans are graceful swimmers and strong fliers 0
- noun swan a person who resembles or is thought to resemble a swan in some way; sometimes, specif., a great poet or singer 0
- intransitive verb swan to move slowly or majestically, with a calm, serene air 0
- intransitive verb swan to swear 0