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.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
A distance swum or to be swum.
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An area, as of a river, abounding in fish.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
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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
Webster's New World
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Swim
- in the swim
- swim against the stream
- in the 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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