swim

[swim]

Travel through water

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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.

Noun
the act of swimming

Verb
be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink

Verb
travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

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.

Swim

Swim , v. i. [imp. Swam or Swum ; p. p. Swum; p. pr. & vb. n. Swimming.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw'94mme, Sw. simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.] 1. 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. 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point.

3. To be overflowed or drenched. Ps. vi. 6.

Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.

4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

[They] now swim in joy.

5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]

[Streams] that swim full of small fishes.

Swim

Swim, v. t. 1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.

2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river. 3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

Swim

Swim, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson. 2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. 3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. -- To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]

Swim

Swim, v. i. [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS. sw'c6ma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to subside, sv'c6a to abate, G. schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. sw'c6nan to dwindle. Cf. Squemish, Swindler.] To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

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.

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

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

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

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Usage Examples

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.

I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.

It was really cool going to Sea World. We had an amazing time. They were amazing to us. We got to swim with the dolphins, and it was really special.

Poverty is uncomfortable but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

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Other Usage Examples

I love to swim for miles I could just go back and forth.

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.

My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.