| Definitions of 'swim' |
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1. (verb) swimming, swim
the act of swimming
"it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
2. (verb) swim
travel through water
"We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
3. (verb) float, swim
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
4. (verb) swim
be dizzy or giddy
"my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
5. (verb) swim, drown
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
6. (verb) swim
move as if gliding through water
"this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
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| Definitions of 'swim' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) swim
the act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming
2. (noun) swim
the sound, or air bladder, of a fish
3. (noun) swim
a part of a stream much frequented by fish
4. (verb) swim
to be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed
5. (verb) swim
to move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail
6. (verb) swim
to be overflowed or drenched
7. (verb) swim
fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid
8. (verb) swim
to be filled with swimming animals
9. (verb) swim
to pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream
10. (verb) swim
to cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river
11. (verb) swim
to immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed
12. (verb) swim
to be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims
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