swoon

[Swoon]

To swoon is to faint, due to lack of blood to the brain. Illness, fear, stress, and even happiness can cause people to swoon.

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To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.

Noun
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Verb
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain


v. i.
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.

n.
A fainting fit; syncope.


Swoon

Swoon , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swooned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swonien, fr. swoen to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw'd3gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw'd3gen senseless, swooned, gesw'd3wung a swooning. Cf. Sough.] To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.

Swoon

Swoon, n. A fainting fit; syncope.

To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.

A fainting fit; syncope.

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