How do you spell Swing

Available Definitions:
1)  v. i. - To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
2)  v. i. - To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
3)  v. i. - To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing , n., 3.
4)  n. - To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
5)  n. - To be hanged.
6)  v. t. - To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
7)  v. t. - To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.
8)  v. t. - To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
9)  n. - The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
10)  n. - Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.
11)  n. - A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
12)  n. - Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
13)  n. - Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
14)  n. - Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.





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