intransitive verb swam, swum, swimming
- to move through water by movements of the arms and legs, or of flippers, fins, tail, etc.
- to move with a smooth, gliding motion, as though swimming
- to float on the surface of a liquid
- to be covered or saturated with or as with a liquid
- to overflow; be flooded: eyes swimming with tears
adjective
Informal of or for swimming: swim trunks