English to English
swim
(sw/I/m
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noun (n)
- The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- travel through water(verb.motion)Example:
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore.
A big fish was swimming in the tank.
source: wordnet30 - be dizzy or giddy(verb.stative)Example:
My brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne.
source: wordnet30 - be covered with or submerged in a liquid(verb.stative)Example:
The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy.
source: wordnet30 - move as if gliding through water(verb.motion)Example:
This snake swims through the soil where it lives.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.(verb)source: webster1913