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swoon
(swo͞on)intr.v. swooned, swoon·ing, swoons
1. To faint.
2. To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.
n.
1. A fainting spell; syncope.
2. A state of ecstasy or rapture.
[Middle English swounen, probably from iswowen, in a swoon, from Old English geswōgen, past participle of *swōgan, to suffocate.]
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swoon
(swuːn)vb (intr)
1. (Pathology) a literary word for faint
2. to become ecstatic
n
Also (archaic or dialect): swound (Pathology) an instance of fainting
[Old English geswōgen insensible, past participle of swōgan (unattested except in compounds) to suffocate]
ˈswooning adj
ˈswooningly adv
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swoon
(swun)v.i.
1. to faint; lose consciousness.
2. to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy.
n. 3. a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
[1250–1300; Middle English swo(w)nen]
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swoon
Past participle: swooned
Gerund: swooning
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| Noun | 1. |  swoon - a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brainloss of consciousness - the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
| Verb | 1. | swoon - pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain |
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swoon
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Translations
إغْماءيُغْمى عَلَيْهِ
mdlobaomdlít
besvimebesvimelsesanfald
falla í yfirliîyfirliî
ģībiensģībšanaģībt
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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swoon
n (old) → Ohnmacht f; to fall into a swoon → in Ohnmacht fallen or sinken (geh); to be in a swoon → ohnmächtig sein
vi (old: = faint) → in Ohnmacht fallen, ohnmächtig werden; (fig: over pop star etc) → beinahe ohnmächtig werden (over sb/sth wegen jdm/einer Sache); to swoon over somebody/something → vom jdm/etw schwärmen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
swoon
(swuːn) verb (an old word for) to faint.
noun a fainting fit.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
swoon
n. desmayo, síncope;
vi. desfallecer; desmayarse, desvanecerse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012