swear · verb
Sens et exemples
Employer des mots grossiers ou offensants, souvent sous le coup de la colère ou de l'émotion.
He swore when the heavy box landed painfully on his foot.
The coach asked the players to stop swearing during the match.
She rarely swears, even when she is extremely frustrated with a problem.
I had never heard him swear before that difficult afternoon in the workshop.
Formes
- swear base form
- swears third-person singular present
- swore past tense
- sworn past participle
- swearing present participle