swim

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   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. 2intransitive verb

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

3. 3intransitive verb

   To be overflowed or drenched.

4. 4intransitive verb

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

5. 5intransitive verb

   To be filled with swimming animals.

6. 6transitive verb

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

7. 7transitive verb

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

8. 8transitive verb

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

9. 9noun

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

10. 10noun

    The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

11. 11noun

    A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

12. 12intransitive verb

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

13. 13noun

    the act of swimming: "they took a short swim in the pool"

    "it was the swimming they enjoyed most"

    Synonyms

    swimming
14. 14verb

    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

    Synonyms

    float
15. 15verb

    move as if gliding through water

    "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"

16. 16verb

    travel through water

    "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"

    "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

17. 17verb

    be covered with or submerged in a liquid

    "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

    Synonyms

    drown
18. 18verb

    be dizzy or giddy

    "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"