swim

Swim is defined as to move through or float on water.

(verb)

An example of swim is to compete in a backstroke race.

The definition of a swim is a period of moving or floating through the water.

(noun)

An example of a swim is a doggie paddle through the pool.

Swim means something related to moving through a body of water.

(adjective)

An example of swim used as an adjective is in the phrase "swim suit," which means clothing for going in the pool.

See swim in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: ME swimmen < OE swimman, akin to Ger schwimmen < IE base *swem-, to move vigorously, be in motion > Welsh chwyfio, to move

transitive verb

noun

adjective

Informal of or for swimming: swim trunks

Related Forms:

noun

the condition of being dizzy; dizzy spell

Origin: ME swime < OE swima, akin to Du zwijmen, to faint < IE base *swei-, to bend, turn > swift

intransitive verb swam, swum, swimming

See swim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb swam swam (swăm), swum swum (swŭm), swim·ming, swims

verb, intransitive

To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail.
To move as though gliding through water.
To float on water or another liquid.
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.
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).
To appear to spin or reel lazily: The room swam before my eyes.