swim
- swim
- [[t]swɪ̱m[/t]]
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1) VERB When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs.
She learned to swim when she was really tiny...
I went round to Jonathan's to see if he wanted to go swimming...
[V adv/prep] He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore...
[V amount/n] I swim a mile a day.
N-SING
Swim is also a noun.
When can we go for a swim, Mam?
2) VERB If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race.
[V n] She swam the 400 metres medley ten seconds slower than she did in 1980. [Also V]
3) VERB If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it.
[V n] In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel.
4) VERB When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body.
[V adv/prep] The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream. [Also V]
5) VERB If objects swim, they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill.
Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn't breathe, the room swam.
6) VERB If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill.
The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.
Syn:
7)
VERB: only cont If something
is swimming in liquid or
is swimming with liquid, it is surrounded by and covered with it.
[V in/with n] He polished off a large steak, salad, broccoli swimming in thick sauce, and half a litre of wine.
English dictionary.
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