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Swan

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.

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Verb group 8

Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Err 84% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Err 84% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Stray 84% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Stray 84% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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Manner of action 11

Assure 76% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Attest 76% connected

To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

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Claim 76% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Gad 76% connected

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

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Gallivant 76% connected

To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Maunder 76% connected

To beg.

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Protest 76% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Narrower term 6

Cob 76% connected

The top or head of anything.

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Coscoroba 76% connected

A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

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Cygnet 76% connected

A young swan.

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Pen 76% connected

A feather.

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Trumpeter 76% connected

One who sounds a trumpet.

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Whooper 76% connected

One who, or that which, whooops.

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Broader term 6

Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Sail 76% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Derivationally related 8

Meander 74% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

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Meander 74% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

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Rambler 74% connected

One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.

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Rambler 74% connected

One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.

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Swearer 74% connected

One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

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Swearer 74% connected

One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

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Synonym 17

Affirm 92% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Assert 92% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Aver 92% connected

A work horse, or working ox.

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Avow 92% connected

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

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Cast 92% connected

of Cast

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Drift 92% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramble 92% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Roam 92% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roll 92% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rove 92% connected

of Reeve

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Stray 92% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swear 92% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tramp 92% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Vagabond 92% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

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Verify 92% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wander 92% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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