swan

1. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult (synset 101861082)
   is a type of: aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
   subtypes:

   • coscoroba - large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans
   • cob - adult male swan
   • pen - female swan
   • cygnet - a young swan
   • cygnus olor, mute swan - soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
   • cygnus cygnus, whooper, whooper swan - common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
   • cygnus columbianus, tundra swan - swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds
   • cygnus buccinator, trumpeter, trumpeter swan - large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
   • black swan, cygnus atratus - large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
   belongs to: anatidae, family anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
   has: swan's down - down of the swan

1. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (synset 201013058)
   "Before God I swear I am innocent"
   is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
   subtypes:

   • hold - assert or affirm
   • claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea
   • attest - authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
   • declare - state firmly
   • protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly
   • assure, tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence
   same as: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swear, verify
2. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (synset 201885173)
   "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
   is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   subtypes:

   • maunder - wander aimlessly
   • gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
   same as: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, tramp, vagabond, wander
   verb group:

   • drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random
   • wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
3. Sweep majestically (synset 201873886)
   "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
   is a type of: sail, sweep - move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

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