Definition of swears Swears
/swɛˈɹz/ - [swerz] -
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What does swears mean?
Wiktionary 
- swears (Noun)
Plural of swear.
Part of speech
🔤- swears, verb, present, 3rd person singular of swear (infinitive).
WordNet
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| swear - make a deposition; declare under oath | ||
| depose, depone | ||
| declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| swear - promise solemnly; take an oath | ||
| vow make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again" | ||
| swear off promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether" | ||
| swear - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" | ||
| affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan | ||
| declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| claim, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" | ||
| attest authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature" | ||
| declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| protest utter words of protest | ||
| assure, tell assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe" | ||
| swear - 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" | ||
| trust, rely, bank | ||
| distrust, mistrust, suspect regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | ||
| believe accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" | ||
| credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of | ||
| lean rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" | ||
| depend, bet, calculate, reckon, count, look be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends" | ||
| swear - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" | ||
| curse, cuss, blaspheme, imprecate | ||
| give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize, express express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" | ||
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Wiktionary
- swear (Noun)
A swearword. - swear (Verb)
To use offensive language. - swear (Verb)
To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours. - swear (Adjective)
Heavy. - swear (Adjective)
Top-heavy; too high. - swear (Adjective)
Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling. - swear (Adjective)
Niggardly. - swear (Adjective)
A lazy time; a short rest during working hours especially field labour; a siesta.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- swear (v. i.)
To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc. - swear (v. i.)
To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner. - swear (v. i.)
To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse. - swear (v. t.)
To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath. - swear (v. t.)
To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office. - swear (v. t.)
To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend. - swear (v. t.)
To appeal to by an oath.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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swear
To have confidence or faith in. -
swear
To take an oath. -
swear
To use offensive language. -
swear
To make a deposition; to declare under oath. -
swear
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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swear
swār, v.i. to affirm, calling God to witness: to give evidence on oath: to utter the name of God or of sacred things profanely.—v.t. to utter, calling God to witness: to administer an oath to: to declare on oath:—pa.t. swōre; pa.p. sworn.—n. Swear′er.—Swear at, to aim profanity at: to be very incongruous with, esp. in colour; Swear by, to put complete confidence in; Swear in, to inaugurate by oath; Swear off, to renounce, promise to give up. [A.S. swerian; Dut. zweren, Ger. schwören.]
Part of speech
🔤- swear, verb, present, 1st person singular of swear (infinitive).
- swear, verb (infinitive).
