Swim

[swɪm]

Definition

(verb.) move as if gliding through water; 'this snake swims through the soil where it lives'.

(verb.) travel through water; 'We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore'; 'a big fish was swimming in the tank'.

(verb.) be covered with or submerged in a liquid; 'the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy'.

(verb.) be dizzy or giddy; 'my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne'.

Checked by Eugene--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

(v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.

(v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

(v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.

(v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

(v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

(v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

(n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.

(n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

(n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

(v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

Checker: Zelig

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Float, be borne up (on a liquid).[2]. Be borne along (as on water, by effort or by a current), buffet the waves, float with the tide.[3]. Glide, skim.[4]. Be flooded, be inundated.[5]. Be dizzy (as the head).

Checked by Abby

Definition

v.i. to float as opposed to sink: to move on or in water: to be borne along by a current: to glide along with a waving motion: to be dizzy: to be drenched: to overflow: to abound.—v.t. to pass by swimming: to make to swim or float:—pr.p. swim′ming; pa.t. swam; pa.p. swum or swam.—n. act of swimming: any motion like swimming: air-bladder of a fish.—adj. Swim′mable capable of being swum.—ns. Swim′mer one who swims: a web-footed aquatic bird; Swim′meret one of the abdominal appendages which in the lobster and other Crustacea are used in swimming; Swim′ming the act of floating or moving on or in the water: dizziness; Swim′ming-bath a bath large enough for swimming in.—adv. Swim′mingly in a gliding manner as if swimming: smoothly successfully.—ns. Swim′mingness the state of swimming: a melting look tearfulness; Swim′ming-pond an artificial pond adapted for swimming in; Swim′ming-school a place where swimming is taught; Swim′ming-stone a cellular variety of flint—float-stone.—In the swim in the main current of affairs business &c.

Editor: Sheldon