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Swim   /swɪm/   Listen
verb
Swim  v. t.  (past swam; past part. swum; pres. part. swimming)  
1.
To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. "Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main."
2.
To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
3.
To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.


Swim  v. i.  (past swam; past part. swum; pres. part. swimming)  
1.
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.
2.
To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. "Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point."
3.
To be overflowed or drenched. "Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim."
4.
Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. "(They) now swim in joy."
5.
To be filled with swimming animals. (Obs.) "(Streams) that swim full of small fishes."


Swim  v. i.  To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.


noun
Swim  n.  
1.
The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
2.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
3.
A part of a stream much frequented by fish. (Eng.)
Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish.
To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. (Colloq.)





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"Swim" Quotes from Famous Books



... themselves; but away beyond, the smoke of chimneys curled into the still air. A man was mowing in some field on the hillside, and the cry of sheep came from the valley. By and by they reached the shelving coast of fine hill gravel, and as they turned to swim easily back a sleepy figure staggered down the pier and stumbled rather ...
— The Half-Hearted • John Buchan
... to trouble them, which it must soon, they'll move. Then we will run for the river; 'tis but fifty yards. The Lady Eve can swim like a duck, and so can you. The tide has turned, and will bear you to the point, and I'll hold the bank against any who try to follow, and take my chance. What say you of that ...
— Red Eve • H. Rider Haggard
... not sit down; she stood in the middle of the room slowly fanning herself; she had for him the same familiar grace. She seemed to wait for him to speak. Now that he was alone with her all the passion he had never stifled surged into his senses; it hummed in his eyes and made things swim round him. The bright, empty room grew dim and blurred, and through the heaving veil he felt her hover before him with gleaming eyes and parted lips. If he had seen more distinctly he would have perceived her smile was fixed and a trifle forced—that she was frightened at what she ...
— The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2 (of 2) • Henry James
... Alice could swim, and, after the plunge into the stream, she did not lose her head. She knew she would come up in a second, even though hampered by her clothes. Her only fear was lest she be entangled in the fish-line. And in another second she knew this was the case. She could feel her feet bound together. ...
— The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm - or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays • Laura Lee Hope
... resolution, sir, that has been often made but never kept—for this reason: you can't sit on dry land and calculate the force of the stream. It carries those who paddle in it off their feet, and then they must swim with it or—sink." ...
— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade


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