"swing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈswɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-swing.ogg [US], en-au-swing.ogg [Australia] Forms: swing [singular], swings [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A swing is a hanging seat found in a playground that children can sit on and swing on.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-noun-Ku4wzdpt
  2. Swing is a style of dance.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-noun-HTpYmyLz
  3. Swing is the genre of dance linked to the style of dance.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-noun-CaHpYumC

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈswɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-swing.ogg [US], en-au-swing.ogg [Australia] Forms: swang [past], swing [canonical], swings [third-person, singular], swung [past], swung [past, participle], swinging [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|swing|swings|swang|swung|swinging}} [POS TABLE], {{verb2|swing|swings|swung|swung|swinging}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone or something swings, they move forward and backward.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-verb-kgAW3hYa Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If someone swings, he dances.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-verb-svwmLwij Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If someone swings, they ride on a swingset.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-verb-Fp2kXsMg Categories (other): Verbs
  4. If someone swings, they hang from the gallows.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-verb-keEFsyNw Categories (other): Verbs
  5. If something swings, it changes quickly; it fluctuates.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-verb-4lA0C-CQ Categories (other): Verbs
  6. If you swing, you move (an object) back and forward; you wave.
    Sense id: simple-swing-en-verb-nDSY3NKG
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          "text": "The plant swung in the breeze."
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