Swim Definition

swĭm
swam, swimming, swims, swum
verb
swam, swimming, swims, swum
To move through water by movements of the arms and legs, or of flippers, fins, tail, etc.
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To move with a smooth, gliding motion, as though swimming.
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To play or relax in water.
The children went swimming in the surf.
American Heritage
To float on the surface of a liquid.
Webster's New World
To be covered or saturated with or as with a liquid.
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noun
swims
The act or motion of swimming.
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A period of swimming for sport.
A short swim before lunch.
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A distance swum or to be swum.
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An area, as of a river, abounding in fish.
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adjective
Of or for swimming.
Swim trunks.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Someone Who Isn't Me; Someone Who Isn't Myself.
Wiktionary
idiom
in the swim
  • Active in the general current of affairs.
American Heritage
swim against the stream
  • To move counter to a prevailing trend.
American Heritage
in the swim
  • conforming to the current fashions, or active in the main current of affairs
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Other Word Forms of Swim

Noun

Singular:
swim
Plural:
swims

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Swim

Origin of Swim

  • Middle English swimmen from Old English swimman

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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