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Definition: Meaning of, swim in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / swɪm /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
swim swam swum
Present Participle Third Person Singular
swimming swims
  1. move through water [intransitive and transitive] to move yourself through water using your arms and legs
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  2. water animals [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] when fish, ducks etc swim, they move around the water using their tails and FIN s, their feet etc
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  3. not thinking/seeing properly [intransitive] if your head swims, you start to feel confused or that everything is spinning around
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  4. not thinking/seeing properly [intransitive] if something you are looking at swims, it seems to be moving around, usually because you are ill, tired, or drunk
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  5. be swimming in something to be covered by a lot of liquid
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  6. swim against the tide/current etc to do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being different
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  1. a period of time that you spend swimming
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  2. in the swim (of things) informal knowing about and involved in what is happening in a particular situation
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swim used in phrases

  • sink or swim (verb)
    1. to fail or succeed, no matter what
  • swim bladder (noun)
    1. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
  • swim meet (noun)
    1. a swimming competition between two or more teams
  • swim trunks (noun)
    1. swimsuit worn by men while swimming
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