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swim  (swm)

v. swam (swm), swum (swm), swim·ming, swims

v.intr.

1. To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail.

2. To move as though gliding through water.

3. To float on water or another liquid.

4.

a. To be covered or flooded with or as if with a liquid: chicken swimming in gravy.

b. To possess a superfluity; abound: After winning the lottery, she was swimming in money.

5. To experience a floating or giddy sensation; be dizzy: "his brain still swimming with the effects of the last night's champagne" Robert Smith Surtees.

6. To appear to spin or reel lazily: The room swam before my eyes.

v.tr.

1. To move through or across (a body of water) by swimming: She swam the channel.

2. To execute (a particular stroke) in swimming.

3. To cause to swim or float.

n.

1.

a. The act of swimming.

b. A period of time spent swimming.

2. A gliding motion.

3. A state of dizziness.

4. An area, as of a river, abounding in fish.

adj.

Of, relating to, or used for swimming: a swim mask.

Idioms:

in the swim

Active in the general current of affairs.

swim against the stream

To move counter to a prevailing trend.

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[Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman.]

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swimma·ble adj.

swimmer n.

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swim

Verb

[swimming, swam, swum]

1. to move along in water by movements of the arms and legs, or (in the case of fish) tail and fins

2. to cover (a stretch of water) in this way: the first person to swim the Atlantic

3. to float on a liquid: flies swimming on the milk

4. to be affected by dizziness: his head was swimming

5. (of the objects in someone's vision) to appear to spin or move around: the faces of the nurses swam around her

6. (often foll. by in, with)to be covered or flooded with liquid: a steak swimming in gravy

Noun

1. the act, an instance, or a period of swimming

2. in the swim Informal fashionable or active in social or political activities [Old English swimman]

swimmer n
swimming n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swim - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool" swimming aquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of water bathe - the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe" skinny-dip - a naked swim plunge, dip - a brief swim in water dive, diving - a headlong plunge into water floating, natation - the act of someone who floats on the water skin diving, skin-dive - underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
Verb	1.	swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" school - swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait" break water, fin - show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface" fin - propel oneself through the water in a finning motion paddle - swim like a dog in shallow water crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl" breaststroke - swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg backstroke - swim on one's back skinny-dip - bathe in the nude; "The young people were skinny-dipping in the pond" dive - swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
	2.	swim - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom float go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" buoy - float on the surface of water
	3.	swim - be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	4.	swim - be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy" drown be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	swim - move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

Translations

swim [swɪm] [pt swam, pp swum] n to go for a swim → ir a nadar or a bañarse vi → nadar; [head, room] → dar vueltas

vt → pasar a nado;

to go swimming → ir a nadar;

to swim a length → nadar or hacer un largo

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swim [swɪm] [swam , pt , swum , pp ] [swæm, swʌm] n to go for a swim → aller nager or se baigner vi → nager;

(Sport) → faire de la natation (fig) [head, room] → tourner

vt → traverser (à la nage) [+ distance]; faire (à la nage);

to swim a length → nager une longueur;

to go swimming → aller nager

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swim [swɪm] [swam , pt , swum , pp ] vi → schwimmen;

(before one's eyes) → verschwimmen

vt (the Channel etc) → durchschwimmen;

(a length) → schwimmen

n to go for a swim → schwimmen gehen;

to go swimming → schwimmen gehen;

my head is swimming → mir dreht sich der Kopf

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swim [swɪm] n to go for a swim → andare a fare una nuotata vb [pt swam, pp swum] [swæm, swʌm]

vi → nuotare;

(SPORT) → fare del nuoto; [head, room] → girare

vt [+ river, channel] → attraversare or percorrere a nuoto;

to go swimming → andare a nuotare;

to swim a length → fare una vasca (a nuoto)