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# swing

«swing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to move backwards and forwards or from side to side while…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) To swing means to move backwards and forwards or from side to side while hanging from something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#m1)

2) To swing something, like a bat or your arms, means to move it in a curve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#m3)

4) A swing can mean a big change, such as a swing in mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#m4)

### sense 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x1)
- The children were playing on the swings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x2)
- Hold on tight when you swing high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x3)
- Don't walk in front of a moving swing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x4)
- The monkey swung from branch to branch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x5)
- She swung the bat and hit the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x6)
- The door swung open in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x7)
- By noon the party was in full swing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x8)
- Push the swing at the right moment to make it go higher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x9)
- “Between the trees a long board is hanging--it is a swing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/#x10)

### 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 the corpora

- [Swinging arm over arm is called brachiation; gibbons are the fastest apes in the trees, reported at around 50 kilometres per hour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/85-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos/9/)
- [Picture a hillside: a shepherd whistles, the dog swings left round the flock, and three hundred sheep move as one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/3/)
- [Young sunflowers turn to follow the sun across the sky, then swing back east at night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/2/)
- [A rake left with its teeth up can swing its handle into your face when stepped on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/13/)
- [Open swinging doors slowly and look through the glass if there is any, in case someone is behind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.