swear
1. utter obscenities or profanities (Freq. 20)
- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
• Syn:
curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate
• Derivationally related forms:
swearer, swearing, cuss (for: cuss), curse (for: curse)
• Hypernyms:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
• Verb Group:
blaspheme
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (Freq. 8)
- Before God I swear I am innocent
• Syn:
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan
• Derivationally related forms:
swearer, swearing, averment (for: aver), avower (for: avow), avowal (for: avow), assertable (for: assert), assertion (for: assert), asserter (for: assert), affirmation (for: affirm), affirmer (for: affirm)
• Hypernyms:
declare
• Hyponyms:
hold, claim, take, attest, declare,
protest, assure, tell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They swear that there was a traffic accident
3. promise solemnly;
take an oath (Freq. 2)
• See Also:
swear off
• Derivationally related forms:
swearer
• Hypernyms:
vow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They swear to move
4. make a deposition;
declare under oath (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
depose, depone
• Derivationally related forms:
deponent (for: depone), deposer (for: depose), deposition (for: depose), swearing
• Hypernyms:
declare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
5. have confidence or faith in
- We can trust in God
- Rely on your friends
- bank on your good education
- I swear by my grandmother's recipes
• Syn:
trust, rely, bank
• Ant:
mistrust (for: trust), distrust (for: trust)
• Derivationally related forms:
reliant (for: rely), reliance (for: rely), trust (for: trust)
• Hypernyms:
believe
• Hyponyms:
credit, lean, count, bet, depend,
look, calculate, reckon
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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