swob | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: mop, swab |
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(verb) wash with a swab or a mop | Synonyms: swab |
(verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | Synonyms: dab, swab |
swole | (adjective) Extremely muscled | - |
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swollen | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, vain |
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(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, distended, intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
swoon | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, faint, syncope |
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(verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, faint, pass out |
swooning | (adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, light, lightheaded |
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swoop | (noun) a swift descent through the air | - |
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(noun) a very rapid raid | - |
(noun) (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale | Synonyms: slide |
(verb) seize or catch with a swooping motion | Synonyms: swoop up |
(verb) move down on as if in an attack | Synonyms: pounce |
(verb) move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc | - |
swoosh | (noun) the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) | Synonyms: whoosh |
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(verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: lap, swish, swosh |
swop | (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swap, trade |
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(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for | Synonyms: swap, switch, trade |
sword | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, steel |
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swordfish | (noun) large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night | Synonyms: Xiphias gladius |
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(noun) flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks | - |
swordlike | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: bladelike, ensiform, sword-shaped |
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swordplay | (noun) the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | Synonyms: play |
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swordsman | (noun) someone skilled at fencing | Synonyms: fencer |
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swordsmanship | (noun) skill in fencing | - |
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swordtail | (noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri |
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sworn | (adjective) bound by or stated on oath | - |
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(adjective) bound by or as if by an oath | Synonyms: pledged |
swosh | (verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: lap, swish, swoosh |
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swot | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, grind, nerd, wonk |
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(verb) study intensively, as before an exam | Synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot up |