Swinge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Archaic To punish with blows; thrash; beat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To singe.
  • v. To lash.
  • v. To strike hard.
  • n. A swinging blow.
  • n. Power; sway; influence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. See singe.
  • v. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
  • v. To move as a lash; to lash.
  • n. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
  • n. Power; sway; influence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat; strike; whip; of persons, to chastise; punish.
  • To move, as a lash; lash; swing.
  • To forge; weld together, as by beating with a hammer; swage.
  • n. A lashing movement; a lash.
  • n. Sway; control.
  • To singe.
  • n. A singe.
  • n. The portion of a flail which falls upon the grain.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. burn superficially or lightly
  • Verb Form
    swinged    swingeing    swinges    swinging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sear    char    scorch    blacken   
    Variant
    singe   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lash    swing    power    sway    influence    whip   
    Same Context
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