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SWINGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swinge mean? 

SWINGE (verb)
  The verb SWINGE has 1 sense:

1. burn superficially or lightlyplay

  Familiarity information: SWINGE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWINGE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they swinge  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it swinges  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: swinged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: swinged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: swinging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn superficially or lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

singe; swinge

Context example:

I singed my eyebrows

Hypernyms (to "swinge" is one way to...):

blacken; char; scorch; sear (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


Lattice-paned, lead framework, three separate windows, one swinging on hinge, and large enough to admit a man.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Brown!" His voice rang out sharply, and at the sound the dog's ears flattened down as to a caress. "Gee!" The dog made a swinging turn to the right.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

And again, “If it comes to swinging, swing all, say I.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Doors that used to be locked shut are swinging open to you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He took the sea-lamp from its swinging frame and handed it to me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Musgrave still stood with a very pale face, swinging his lantern and peering down into the hole.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, ere the sun was on the slope of the heavens, they had deftly trussed up again, and were swinging merrily upon their way, two hundred feet moving like two.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Certainly,” said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

One-half of the lattice window was swinging on its hinge, and a cloth cap lying upon the table was the only sign of the occupant.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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