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# swing

verb (swing, swings, swung, swinging); noun (a swing, swings)

«swing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To swing means to move backwards and forwards or from side to side while hanging from something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#m1)
2. To swing something, like a bat or your arms, means to move it in a curve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#m2)
3. A swing is a seat hanging on ropes or chains that you sit on and move back and forth, especially in a playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#m3)
4. A swing can mean a big change, such as a swing in mood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#m4)

### In the lessons

In playground safety lessons: hold on with both hands, don't stand on or twist the swing, and never walk in front of or behind a moving swing. In science a swing is a pendulum: it goes back and forth in a steady rhythm, and pushing at the right moment makes it go higher. In sport you swing a bat, racket or golf club. Phrases: swing on, swing back and forth, take a swing at, in full swing, mood swings.

### Examples

- The children were playing on the swings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x1)
- Hold on tight when you swing high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x2)
- Don't walk in front of a moving swing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x3)
- The monkey swung from branch to branch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x4)
- She swung the bat and hit the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x5)
- The door swung open in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x6)
- By noon the party was in full swing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x7)
- Push the swing at the right moment to make it go higher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x8)
- “Between the trees a long board is hanging--it is a swing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/#x9)

### Note

Irregular verb: swing, swung, swung (not «swinged»). «Take a swing at someone» means to try to hit them. A swing is like a pendulum: the time for one back-and-forth stays almost the same as it slows down.

## In Jewish tradition

In playground safety lessons: hold on with both hands, don't stand on or twist the swing, and never walk in front of or behind a moving swing. In science a swing is a pendulum: it goes back and forth in a steady rhythm, and pushing at the right moment makes it go higher. In sport you swing a bat, racket or golf club. Phrases: swing on, swing back and forth, take a swing at, in full swing, mood swings.

### Examples

- He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. (Writings JOB.28.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x1)

### Note

Irregular verb: swing, swung, swung (not «swinged»). «Take a swing at someone» means to try to hit them. A swing is like a pendulum: the time for one back-and-forth stays almost the same as it slows down.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «swing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «swing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/swing.html) on Mova free.