swear🔊

To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect. +

To take an oath that an assertion is true. +

To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.

To administer an oath to (a person).

To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.

A swear word.

(Northern England, Scotland) Heavy.

(Northern England, Scotland) Top-heavy; too high.

(Northern England, Scotland) Dull; lazy; slow.

(Northern England, Scotland) Reluctant; unwilling.

(Northern England, Scotland) Niggardly.

(Northern England, Scotland) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labor); a siesta.

(Northern England, Scotland) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.