Converse of object

• nest: In the second incident last Tuesday, two swan eggs were destroyed when a dog attacked a nesting swan at Wood Pond.

• die: Man comes and tills the earth and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan.

Adjective modifier

• mute: The dead bird is thought to be a mute swan.

• injured: Swan 800 x 594 116K An injured swan is taken across the River Almond to a waiting veterinary surgeon.

Modifies a noun

• Cygnus: Loch Leven and Lough Neagh, for example, each support over 20,000 waterfowl, including large numbers of wintering whooper swan Cygnus cygnus.

• neck: Swan neck This is a short flexible mount with a conventional tungsten bulb.

• sanctuary: They were then put in the back of a van and taken to the swan sanctuary in Egham to be cleaned and rehabilitated.

• song: Day 22 - Monday 25th August The swan song of the fringe.

• keeper: In July, the Queen´s swan keeper sails up the River Thames, from London Bridge to Henley.

Noun used with modifier

• whooper: We did not see the whooper swan, which has been breeding there.

• roast: Instead pictures of tables laden with roast swan, lambs ' tails stew and Gloucestershire Royal Pie come to mind.

• trumpeter: Trumpeter Swans are well adapted for the harsh environments in which they sometimes live.