| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| swing | |
| 1. (wir) schwingen | |
| 2. (ihr) schwingt | |
| 3. Schaukel, Hutsche | |
| 4. schwingen, schaukeln | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| swing | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. |  |
| The plant swung in the breeze. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To dance. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To ride on a swing. | |
| The children laughed as they swung. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change. | |
| It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability. | |
| 8. v. To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave. | |
| He swung his sword as hard as he could. | |
| 9. v. To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election. | |
| 10. v. To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially. | |
| If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory. | |
| 13. v. (transitive, and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion. | |
| 14. v. In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms. | |
| "to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing". | |
| 15. v. (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe. | |
| The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn. | |
| 17. v. (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor. | |
| A ship swings with the tide. | |
| 18. v. =====Troponyms===== | |
| 19. v. (to rotate about an off-centre fixed point) pivot, swivel | |
| 20. subst. The manner in which something is swung. | |
| He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing. | |
| Door swing indicates direction the door opens. | |
| the swing of a pendulum | |
| 21. subst. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing. | |
| 22. subst. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing. | |
| 23. subst. A dance style. | |
| 24. subst. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style. | |
| 25. subst. The amount of change towards or away from something. | |
| 26. subst. (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party. | |
| The polls showed a wide swing to Labour. | |
| 27. subst. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air. | |
| 28. subst. The diameter that a lathe can cut. | |
| 29. subst. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. | |
| 30. subst. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle. | |
| 31. subst. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it. | |
| 32. subst. (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty. | |
| 33. subst. (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Schaukel | |
| 1. n-f. (narrow sense) swing (seat hanging on two lines) | |
| 2. n-f. (broad sense) any swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices | |
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