swimmer

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swimmer - a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer" athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports backstroker - someone who swims the backstroke breaststroker - someone who swims the breaststroke diver, plunger - someone who dives (into water) skinny-dipper - a naked swimmer
	2.	swimmer - a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer" bather, natator traveler, traveller - a person who changes location floater - a swimmer who floats in the water aquanaut, skin-diver - an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder surfboarder, surfer - someone who engages in surfboarding

Translations

swimmer [ˈswɪməʳ] n → nadador(a) m/f

swimmer [ˈswɪməʳ] swim n → nageur/euse

swimmer [ˈswɪməʳ] swim n → Schwimmer(in) m(f)

swimmer [ˈswɪməʳ] n → nuotatore/trice