swim
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
swim
n 1: the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed
most": "they took a short swim in the pool" [syn:
{swimming}, {swim}]
v 1: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to
reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
2: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to
the bottom [syn: {float}, {swim}] [ant: {go down}, {go
under}, {settle}, {sink}]
3: be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of
champagne"
4: be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was
swimming in a fatty gravy" [syn: {swim}, {drown}]
5: move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through
the soil where it lives"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. {Swam}or {Swum}; p. p. {Swum}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Swimming}.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG.
swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw.
simma. Cf. {Sound} an air bladder, a strait.]
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.
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2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with
the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
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Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point. --Shak.
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3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6.
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Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
--Thomson.
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4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
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[They] now swim in joy. --Milton.
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5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]
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[Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swim \Swim\, n.
1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one
swimming. --B. Jonson.
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2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]
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{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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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swim \Swim\, v. i. [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS.
sw[imac]ma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to
subside, sv[imac]a to abate, G. schwindel dizziness,
schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. sw[imac]nan to
dwindle. Cf. {Squemish}, {Swindler}.]
To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as,
the head swims.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swim \Swim\, v. t.
1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a
stream.
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Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
--Dryden.
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2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim
a horse across a river.
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3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as,
to swim wheat in order to select seed.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "swim":
Australian crawl, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation,
bathe, bathing, bon ton, breaststroke, butterfly, convention,
crawl, custom, dive, diving, dog paddle, fashion, fin, fishtail,
flapper, flipper, float, floating, go in swimming, go in wading,
haute couture, high fashion, mode, natation, prevailing taste,
proper thing, reel, sidestroke, skinny-dip, stream of fashion,
style, surfboarding, surfing, swimming, tread water,
treading water, trend, turn, vogue, wade, wading, waterskiing,
whirl
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