Swim - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |swɪm|  American pronunciation of the word swim
Brit.  |swɪm|  British pronunciation of the word swim
irregular verb:  p.t. — swam  p.p. — swum

noun

- the act of swimming (syn: swimming)
it was the swimming they enjoyed most
they took a short swim in the pool

verb

- travel through water
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore
a big fish was swimming in the tank
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (syn: float)
- be dizzy or giddy
my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid (syn: drown)
the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
- move as if gliding through water
this snake swims through the soil where it lives

Extra examples

He's teaching the children to swim.

She swam across the pool.

He swam the English Channel.

The racers must swim the backstroke.

We watched the fish swimming in the river.

Ducks swam in the pond.

I felt weak and my head was swimming.

The room swam before my eyes.

...the merest glimpse of blood sends him into a swim...

That easy swim of movement which distinguishes the ladies of this country.

I swim anyone hundred yards

The meat swims in gravy.

My head began to swim.

We swam in the chilly water.

She could swim across the lake.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: swim
he/she/it: swims
present participle: swimming
past tense: swam
past participle: swum
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