[
US
/ˈswɪm/
]
[ UK /swˈɪm/ ]
[ UK /swˈɪm/ ]
VERB
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
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travel through water
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore
a big fish was swimming in the tank -
move as if gliding through water
this snake swims through the soil where it lives -
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
NOUN
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the act of swimming
it was the swimming they enjoyed most
they took a short swim in the pool
How To Use swim In A Sentence
- Baby and Infant Products, Flap Hats, Swim Diapers, Swimwear Outwear, Sleeping Bags.
- I left my swimming things at home.
- I don't like swimming in the ocean that much either because the fact that all those fish have pinched a loave in there and it makes me a little squeezy. "It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings..."
- As a youngster growing up a small Mississippi town, Bob Dudley was a swimming prodigy with one of the speediest backstrokes in the state. New BP boss Bob Dudley 'doesn't need to fake his empathy for the Gulf coast'
- A range of events featuring freestyle, butterfly, sidestroke, backstroke and medley races saw the kids battle for supremacy as to who would be the king and queen of the pool in their age groups and for their swimming club.
- Molly won a bronze medal in the 200 meter backstroke, swimming a lifetime best of 2:16.42.
- We stopped off at quiet coves where we could drop anchor and swim. Times, Sunday Times
- There's no massive hills and the swim won't be rough. Times, Sunday Times
- The recent Australian National Championships and Olympic swimming trials give a strange story to the world of swimming.
- I'm going for a swim to cool down.
