Cause+to+swing

  • 1Swing — Swing, v. t. 1. To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other. [1913 Webster] He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round. Dryden. [1913 Webster] They get on ropes, as you must have seen… …

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  • 2swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …

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  • 3swing — I. v. n. 1. Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward. 2. Depend, hang, dangle, hang loose. 3. (Colloq.) Be hanged, hang. II. v. a. 1. Cause to swing, wave, or vibrate. 2. Wave, flourish …

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  • 4swing — [swiŋ] vi. swung, swinging [ME swingen < OE swingan, akin to Ger schwingen, to brandish < IE base * sweng , to curve, swing] 1. to sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor;… …

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  • 5Swing (Java) — Swing is a widget toolkit for Java. It is part of Sun Microsystems Java Foundation Classes (JFC) mdash; an API for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for Java programs.Swing was developed to provide a more sophisticated set of GUI… …

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  • 6Swing Girls — Données clés Titre original Suwingu Gāruzu Réalisation Shinobu Yaguchi Scénario Junko Yaguchi, Shinobu Yaguchi Acteurs principaux Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka Pays d’origine …

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  • 7swing elections — cause a change in elections …

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  • 8swing — I. verb (swung; swinging) Etymology: Middle English, to beat, fling, hurl, rush, from Old English swingan to beat, fling oneself, rush; akin to Old High German swingan to fling, rush Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to move… …

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  • 9swing — [c]/swɪŋ / (say swing) verb (swung or, Archaic, swang, swung, swinging) –verb (t) 1. to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: ladies swinging their parasols. 2. to cause to move in alternate directions,… …

  • 10swing — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a to and fro or curving motion, as of an object attached at one end and hanging free at the other. 2 intr. & tr. a sway. b hang so as to be free to sway. c oscillate… …

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