swim

Speech parts

1. swim - Noun

2. swim - Verb

3. swim - Pronoun

4. Swim - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

To be overflowed or drenched.

Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

To be filled with swimming animals.

To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.

A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

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

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In matters of style, swim with the current: in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. Margaret Thatcher

Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing - to learn to live on earth as human beings. George Bernard Shaw

A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all. Armenian Proverb

'tis hard to swim against the stream. German Proverb

Those who know how to swim are the ones who sink. Madagascan Proverb

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