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swoop(2) (iou)



swoop verb. [swu:p] M16.
[Perh. dial. devel. of Old English swapan SWEEP verb.]
verb intrans. Move in a stately manner, as with trailing garments; sweep along. M16-E17.
verb trans. Remove forcibly with a sweeping motion; scoop up, sweep away. E17.
New Yorker He..swoops the boy up, and runs back across the field.
verb trans. Seize with a sweeping movement; pounce on. Now rare. M17.
verb intrans. Come down suddenly on or upon a place etc., esp. with the intention of capture; make a sudden attack or raid. L18.
Times Dutch police swooped at dawn on a flat in..Amsterdam. transf.: P. D. James The wind..renewed its strength and came swooping down on her.
verb intrans. Of a bird etc.: make a rapid sweeping descent through the air, esp. on or upon prey. M19.
M. Coney A night-hunting owl swooped low..snatching some squealing rodent from the grass.
swooper noun M19.
swooping ppl adjective (a) sweeping or trailing along the ground; (b) descending with a rapid sweeping movement; (c) (of a surface) sloping steeply: L16.

maxilloturbinal (medicine)


maxilloturbinal
<anatomy> Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.

The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.

Origin: Maxilla + turbinal.

Source: Websters Dictionary