swan
noun
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
swans
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pluralof swan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof swan (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
swannounany of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
Example Sentences
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Change has become the norm, black swans proliferate like starlings, and the ability to navigate through the flux makes the difference between outsize success and obsolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Mary, on the other hand, is a clumsy bird who, in Hadlow’s telling, becomes a perfectly capable duckling swimming fiercely amid a bevy of swans.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
"I hate any kind of pollution to be honest, there's blue and green algae here, there's bird flu, ducks and swans dying."
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Caitlyn joined her first workshop with Paul, photographing swans at Hogganfield Loch in north Glasgow in March last year.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
We walked along beside the lake and saw the swans and the many gulls and terns that flew up when you came close and screamed while they looked down at the water.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
