verb🔗ShareTo take an oath, to promise."The witness is swearing to tell the truth in court. "languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use offensive, profane, or obscene language."The teacher warned the student about swearing in class. "languagecursecommunicationmoralattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.""The construction workers were sweating and swearing in the afternoon heat, so the foreman told them to take a fifteen-minute break." "workjobbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of swearing, or making an oath."The witness's swearing to tell the truth began the court proceedings. "languagereligionmoralcursecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
