swim
Meaning of swim
noun
- An act or instance of swimming.
I'm going for a swim.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.
- To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce
- To move around freely because of excess space.
- To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.
- To cause to swim.
Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.
- To float.
sink or swim
- To be overflowed or drenched.
- To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
to swim wheat in order to select seed
- To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- To glide along with a waving motion.
noun
A dizziness; swoon.
verb- To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
noun
Abbreviation of someone who isn't me. used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums
Information about swim
- The plural form of swim is: swims.
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Hyphenation of swim
swim
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- swim is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
swim synonyms
Meaning swimming:
Meaning float:
Translation of swim
Words that rhyme with swim
aswim, beswim, reswim, overswim, outswim
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