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throng with, teem with, burst with, bristle with, be overrun
with: In two minutes the place was swarming with police.
swarthy adj. swart, black, ebon, ebony, sable, pitch-black, jet-black,
coal-black, raven, dark: His swarthy complexion contrasted with
her china-like pallor.
swashbuckling
adj. adventurous, daring, daredevil, swaggering, roisterous,
bold, dashing, flamboyant: Those old swashbuckling films with
Errol Flynn, Richard Green, and Douglas Fairbanks, formed a
genre all their own.
swath n. swathe, path, belt, strip: A flock of birds was feeding
along the swath cut by the harvester.
swathe v. tie, bind, bandage, wrap, enwrap, swaddle, bundle (up),
envelop, shroud, muffle (up): I can't tell who he is as his
head is swathed in bandages.
sway v. 1 wave, waver, swing, sweep, oscillate, undulate, reel,
totter, swing or move to and fro or back and forth or from side
to side or backwards and forwards, rock, fluctuate; bend, lean:
The reeds swayed in the breeze. 2 move, incline, divert, tend,
veer, tilt, lean, slant, bias; influence, persuade, impress, win
over, bring round, convince, talk into: The wind is causing the
trees to sway towards the east. We tried to sway him to our way
of thinking.
--n. 3 sweep, wave, swing, (period of) oscillation, libration:
There must be a sway of twenty feet in the top of that
skyscraper. 4 influence, control, power, command, authority,
dominion, rule, sovereignty, leadership, mastery; grip,
clutches, grasp: His ambition was to get the mountain people
under his sway.
swear v. 1 depose, aver, asseverate, declare, insist, assert,
solemnly affirm or state, testify, promise, take an oath,
undertake, vow, avow, vouchsafe, warrant, pledge, give one's
word, agree: He swore he had not done any such thing. 2 curse,
blaspheme, imprecate, use profanity, utter profanities,
execrate, Colloq cuss: Priscilla stopped her ears at the men's
swearing. 3 swear by. trust (in), believe in, rely on, have