swoop
/ˈswuːp/ verbo C1En español: precipitarse, abalanzarse, lanzarse / volar en picada
- To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive. · The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.
- To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something. · The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.
- To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
- To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
- To pass with pomp; to sweep.
He/she/it swoops · Pasado swooped · Participio pasado swooped · Forma en -ing swooping
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A NIGHTINGALE, sitting aloft upon an oak and singing according to his wont, was seen by a Hawk who, being in need of food, swooped down and seized him.
Don’t you think it would be nice to wake up at sunrise and swoop down over the water and away out over that lovely blue all day; and then at night to fly back to one’s nest?
Lynde’s garden and set the flowers dancing--and then I’ll go with one great swoop over the clover field--and then I’ll blow over the Lake of Shining Waters and ripple it all up into little sparkling waves.
The swoop of bats in the darkness over her was as the wings of unearthly creatures.
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