1. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
   "A pair of swans glided gracefully across the still lake"

1. [informal] Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
   "They swanned from town to town";
   - roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
    
2. Sweep majestically
   "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

Derived forms: swans, swanning, swanned

Type of: aquatic bird, go, locomote, move, sail, sweep, travel

Part of: Anatidae, family Anatidae

Encyclopedia: Swan, Missouri