Swing: alternatives and connections

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

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See Contradance.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Alt. of Fornicated

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Gone.

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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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A flowing in or upon; influx.

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To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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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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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

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of Shoot

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To render social.

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The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Struck.

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Taken.

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A plaything for children; a bawble.

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To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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To labor; to travail.

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To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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of Drive

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The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowd…

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Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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of Hook

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of Put

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See Chank.

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A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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of Slice

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A trapezium. See Trapezium, 1.

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Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

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To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

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The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.

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To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

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To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

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of Vibrate

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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

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To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

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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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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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One who swings or whirls.

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One who swings or whirls.

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A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

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of Cut

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To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

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To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

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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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of Swing

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The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.

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