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There are 17 four-letter words beginning with SW

SWAB	• swab n. (Medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine… • swab n. A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). • swab n. A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
SWAD	• swad n. A bunch, clump, mass. • swad n. (Obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people. • swad n. (Obsolete) A boor, lout.
SWAG	• swag v. (Transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) sway. • swag v. (Intransitive) To droop; to sag. • swag v. (Transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
SWAM	• swam v. Simple past tense of swim. • SWIM v. to propel oneself in water.
SWAN	• swan n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most… • swan n. (Figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan. • swan n. (Heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms…
SWAP	• swap v. (Transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). • swap v. (Transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike. • swap v. (Transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
SWAT	• swat v. (Transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit. • swat n. A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking. • swat n. Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.
SWAY	• sway n. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon. • sway n. A rocking or swinging motion. • sway n. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side.
SWEE	• swee n. A species of finch, Coccopygia melanotis, found in sub-Saharan Africa. • SWEE v. to sway, swing, also SWEY.
SWEY	• SWEY v. (Scots) to sway, swing, also SWAY, SWEE.
SWIG	• swig v. To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff. • swig v. (Obsolete) To suck. • swig v. (Nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then…
SWIM	• swim v. (Intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. • swim v. (Intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid. • swim v. (Intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
SWIZ	• swiz n. Alternative form of swizz. • SWIZ v. to defraud, also SWIZZ.
SWOB	• swob n. Alternative form of swab. • swob v. Alternative form of swab. • SWOB v. to mop up.
SWOP	• swop n. Alternative spelling of swap. • swop v. Alternative spelling of swap. • swop n. A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
SWOT	• swot v. (Intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on"). • swot n. (Slang, Britain) One who swots. • swot n. (Slang, Britain) By extension, analogous to boffin, nerd, smart aleck. Often pejorative.
SWUM	• swum v. Past participle of swim. • swum v. (Archaic, dialectal) simple past tense of swim. • SWIM v. to propel oneself in water.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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