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Meaning of SWING in English

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

Use in sentences of SWING

    Meaning of SWING in English

    • To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
    • To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
    • To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.
    • To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
    • To be hanged.
    • To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
    • To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.
    • To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
    • The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
    • Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.
    • A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
    • Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
    • Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
    • Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

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