Meaning of swim | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
   intransitive
2. To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
   intransitive
3. To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
   intransitive
4. Of, relating to, or used for swimming: a swim mask.
5. To move around freely because of excess space.
   intransitive
6. Active in the general current of affairs.
7. To move counter to a prevailing trend.
8. To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
   transitive
9. in the swim, alert to or actively engaged in current affairs, social activities, etc.
10. To cause to swim.
    transitive, uncommon
11. To have the sensation of turning in circles:reel, spin, swirl, whirl.
12. To float.
    archaic, intransitive
13. The act of swimming:dip, duck, dunk, plunge.
14. To be overflowed or drenched.
    intransitive
15. an act of swimming. We went for a swim in the lake. swem سِباحَه плуване banho (za)plavání das Schwimmen svømmetur κολύμπιbaño ujumine شنا uinti nageשחייה तैराई, तैराकी plivanje úszás renang sund nuotata 泳ぎ 수영 (pa)plaukiojimas, pasimaudymas pelde; peldēšanās berenang het zwemmen svømming; svømmetur, bad pływanie لامبو banho înot плавание plávanie, zaplávanie si plavanje plivanje simtur การว่ายน้ำ yüzme 游泳 плавання تیراکی sự bơi lội 游泳
16. To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
    transitive
17. a person who swims or who can swim. He's a strong swimmer. swemmer سَبّاح، سابِح плувец nadador plavec, -kyně der/die Schwimmer(in) svømmer κολυμβητήςnadador, bañista ujuja شناگر uimari nageur/-euse שחייה तैराक-पैराक plivač úszó perenang sundmaður nuotatore, nuotatrice 泳ぎ手 수영하는 사람 plaukikas peldētājs perenang zwemmersvømmerpływak لامبوزن nadador înotător пловец plavec, -kyňa plavalec plivač simmare นักว่ายน้ำ yüzücü 游泳者 плавець تیرنے والا người bơi 游泳者
18. To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
    historical, transitive
19. covered with, or floating in, a liquid. meat swimming in/with grease. dryf سابِحٌ في، عائِم плуващ nadando em plující schwimmend dækket af; flyde rundt i που κολυμπάει nadando, flotando ülevalatud, ujuv شناور peitossa baignant, nageantשחייה तैराई, चक्कर, घुमड़ी koji pliva, koji plovi úszó mengapung syndandi/fljótandi í (che nuota) いっぱいついた 잠겨 있는, 떠다니는 plaukiojantis, paplūdęs peldošs; (kādā) šķidrumā esošs; ar šķidru piedevu dilumuri drijvend dekket av; flytende i pływający لمبیدونکی a nadar em...
20. To glide along with a waving motion.
    intransitive
21. an indoor or outdoor pool for swimming in. swembad حَمّام سِباحَه، بِرْكَة سِباحَه басейн piscina bazén das Schwimmbad, ...backen svømmehal; svømmebassin πισίναpiscina bassein استخر uima-allas piscine בְּרֵיכַת שְׂחִייָה तैरना zatvoreni bazen za plivanje uszoda kolam renang sundlaug piscina 水泳プール 수영장 baseinas peldbaseins kolam renang zwembad svømmebasseng/-hall pływalnia د لامبو ځای، حوض piscina piscină плавательный бассейн bazén plavalni bazen bazen bassäng, swimmingpool สระว่ายน้ำ yüzme hav...
22. To have a great quantity of something.
    intransitive

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Examples

“We were now all upon a Level, as to our travelling; being unshipp’d, for our Bark would swim no farther, and she was too heavy to carry on our Backs […]”

“He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.”

“Meanwhile, NR faced an unexpected challenge when a night watchman spotted several Koi Carp swimming in floodwater close to the railway, after they had escaped from a nearby private residence. Wilson says the owner was eventually traced, and the fish were safely returned "after enjoying swimming around in a 3,000-acre lake".”

“swimming in self-pity”

“a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce”

“A fam'd Sur-tout he wears, which once was blue, / And his foot swims in a capacious shoe.”

“For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.”

“I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.”

“Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.”

“to swim a horse across a river”

“Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.”

“sink or swim”

“There's oil swimming on the water.”

“Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.”

“And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.”

“I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.”

“Sudden, the ditches ſwell; the meadows ſwim.”

“to swim wheat in order to select seed”

“You should be swimming in money after this job.”

“My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.”

“She snatched the letter from Sir Jasper, who started as her icy hand touched his: she attempted to read the passage herself, but the letters seemed to swim before her gaze: they turned to fire; the paper dropped from her grasp; a thick mist appeared to gather over the room; she gave a convulsive shudder, and dropped on the floor perfectly insensible.”

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