SWIM
\swˈɪm], \swˈɪm], \s_w_ˈɪ_m]\
Definitions of SWIM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
By Princeton University
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To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
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To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
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To be overflowed or drenched.
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Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
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To be filled with swimming animals.
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To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
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To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
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To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
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The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
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The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
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To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
By Oddity Software
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To float, as on water or other liquid; to propel or push oneself forward in the water with the hands and feet, or fins and tail; to glide smoothly; to have great abundance; as, to swim in luxury; be dizzy; as, the head swims.
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To cause to swim or float; to pass over, or through, by swimming; as, to swim a river.
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Swimmer.
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Swam, swum.
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Swimming.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Swimmer.
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Swimming.
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To move in or pass through (water) by movements of the limbs, fins, or the like; float.
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To be dizzy.
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The action of swimming.
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A gliding, swaying movement.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Swimming.
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To float, as opp. to sink: to move on or in water: to be borne along by a current: to glide along with a waving motion: to be dizzy: to be drenched: to overflow: to abound.
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To pass by swimming: to make to swim or float:-pr.p. swimming; pa.t. swam; pa.p. swam or swum.
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Act of swimming: any motion like swimming: air bladder of a fish.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Act of swimming; a swimming movement; the air-bladder of a fish.
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To cause to swim; to pass or move on; to immerse in water, that the lighter parts may swim.
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To be supported on water or other fluid; to float; to move in water by hands and feet, or by fins; to glide smoothly; to be flooded; to be dizzy; to overflow; to abound.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To move about on the surface of water by movements of the hands and legs; to move through water by means of fins, as fish; to be carried along on the surface of water; to float on water; to cause to swim; not to sink; to have a waving feeling in the head, when the visible scene appears in unsteady movement like the surface of water; to be dizzy.
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A movement on the surface of water; the air-bladder of a fish which supports it in water.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
