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1. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

1. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
   "Before God I swan I am innocent";
   - affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear
    
2. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   "They swanned from town to town";
   - roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
    
3. Sweep majestically
   "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

Derived forms: swanning, swanned, swans

Type of: aquatic bird, declare, go, locomote, move, pronounce, sail, sweep, travel

Part of: Anatidae, family Anatidae

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