Meaning

4 senses

  1. (obsolete)To singe.

  2. (archaic)To move like a lash; to lash.

  3. (archaic)To strike hard.

  4. (obsolete)To chastise; to beat.

More definitions
  • burn superficially or lightly

Examples

41 sentences

  1. Tom is swinging on a swing.

    Том гойдається на гойдалці. — deniko

    ruТом качается на качелях. — nina99nv

    deTom schaukelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Why do people like swinging on swings?

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  3. He got a good grip on the bat before swinging.

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  4. Do you think swinging on a swing is good exercise?

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  5. Do you think that swinging on a swing is good exercise?

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Origin

From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to

From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).

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Forms

swinges, swinging, swinged, swinged
Base formswinge · to swinge
3rd person singularswinges
Present participleswinging
Past simpleswinged
Past participleswinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswinge
he, she, itswinges

Past simpleLesson

all personsswinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swinged
he, she, ithas swinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swinge

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • burn superficially or lightly:singe

Word family

3 related words
Derivedbeswingeswingeingswinger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swindlerswineswingB2swingerswipeswirl
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