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swim

(sw/I/m )

the act of swimming(noun.act)

Example:
It was the swimming they enjoyed most.
They took a short swim in the pool.

Synonym:
bathe, swimming

source: wordnet30
The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.(noun)

source: webster1913

travel through water(verb.motion)

Example:
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore.
A big fish was swimming in the tank.

source: wordnet30
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom(verb.motion)

Synonym:
float
Antonym:
go down, go under, settle, sink

source: wordnet30
be dizzy or giddy(verb.stative)

Example:
My brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne.

source: wordnet30
be covered with or submerged in a liquid(verb.stative)

Example:
The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy.

Synonym:
drown

source: wordnet30
move as if gliding through water(verb.motion)

Example:
This snake swims through the soil where it lives.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.(verb)

source: webster1913

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