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Type Words
Synonyms swimming
Type of aquatics, water sport
Has types bathe, skinny-dip, skin diving, skin-dive, plunge, natation, floating, diving, dive, dip


it was the swimming they enjoyed most.
they took a short swim in the pool.
Type Words
Synonyms drown
Type of be


the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy.
Type Words
Synonyms float
Type of move, travel, go, locomote
Has types buoy
Verb group float
Type Words
Type of be


my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne.
Type Words
Type of go, locomote, move, travel


this snake swims through the soil where it lives.
Type Words
Type of go, travel, locomote, move
Has types paddle, break water, breaststroke, backstroke, crawl, dive, fin, bathe, school
Derivation swimming, swimmer


We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore.
a big fish was swimming in the tank.

Examples of swim

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Meany Gravis was a diving coach at the Greenwich YWCA and at various swim clubs.
From the timesunion.com
Olympic-distance triathlons comprise a 1.5K swim, a 40K bike ride and a 10K run.
From the kansas.com
Wiper good off windblown points and dropoffs trolling crankbaits and swim baits.
From the kansas.com
Wiper good trolling crankbaits and swim baits off windblown points and dropoffs.
From the kansas.com
Toward the end of the return paddle, we stopped at a vacant campsite for a swim.
From the timesunion.com
That's why he tells his patients it's OK to cycle, swim and play doubles tennis.
From the omaha.com
These are wild crocodiles who swim silently up to the boat and leap up for meat.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Shells swim in broth that insists on being sopped up with swatches of sourdough.
From the ocregister.com
Hike, swim and contemplate life at the geographical bottom of the United States.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Swimming: the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
  • Travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
  • Float: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  • Be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
  • Be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
  • Move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
  • Swim~ (the tilde "~" is part of the written name, but is not pronounced) is a record label founded in 1993, and jointly run, by Wire guitarist and singer Colin Newman, and Minimal Compact bass player and singer Malka Spigel. ...
  • Swim is an album by Caribou, released in April 2010. It is his first album of new material since the 2008 Polaris Music Prize-winning Andorra.
  • Swim was the second EP by the British alternative rock band Feeder. The 6-track EP was released on June 24, 1996 on The Echo Label, and later released in CD-format on October 12, 1998. Swim was re-released with seven additional tracks on July 30, 2001 (see Swim (Feeder album)). ...