Word Meanings - SWING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide. 5. To be hanged. D. Webster. To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age

Additional info about word: SWING

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide. 5. To be hanged. D. Webster. To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief. A. V. G. Allen. (more info) flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. Swagger, Sway, 1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate. I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air. Boyle. 2. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open. 3. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

Related words: (words related to SWING)

• SWASHY
  Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
• HANGNAIL
  A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Holloway.
• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• CIRCLED
  Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWATH
  zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut
• ROUNDWORM
  A nematoid worm.
• SWUM
  imp. & p. p. of Swim.
• SWYTHE
  Quickly. See Swithe. Sy, obs. imp. of See.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• SWAYING
  An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb.
• SWAGE
  See ASSUAGE (more info) Etym:
• SWARTHINESS
  The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
• SWILLINGS
  See 1
• SWABBER
  To swab.
• ROUNDISH
  Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
• SWADDLE
  Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
• ANCHORET; ANCHORITE
  One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
• SWANNERY
  A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit.
• ON-HANGER
  A hanger-on.
• UPSWAY
  To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• DISWITTED
  Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
• BASSWOOD
  The bass or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.
• ENSWEEP
  To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
• FORSWORNNESS
  State of being forsworn.
• ASWOON
  In a swoon. Chaucer.
• MAINSWEAR
  To swear falsely. Blount.