to swim
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1.0
- verb
- /swɪm/
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nadar
- Once free of its mother, the newborn swims unaided to the surface for its first breath.
- go swimming
- swim in the pool
- swim in the lake
It's bracing and you want to swim fast out of it.
- It's bracing and you want to swim fast out of it.
- He he taught me how to swim to an extent, bro.
- I wasn't going to swim to the Atlantic Ocean.
- So I jumped in that Hudson swam, did the run.
- He had one job, swim, bike and run.
- And the little fish can now like swim into the cup, right?
- And if they swam, it was in the pool.
- There were three massive Stingrays that swam right beneath us.
- There was a woman that swam the Bering Strait.
- Take care not to swim too fast or rise too close.
- Like if you do swim, swam swam spank, spank, spank.
Examples
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She was pushed in the deep end and told to swim.
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Once you dive in, be prepared to swim around for a long time.
Academic text (1999) -
Do you think that you could swim faster than me?
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Do you know that some dogs swim for fun?
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So this is the space where I swim every morning.
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One of us is gonna have to swim over to the boat.
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Most animals can swim as babies, you know.
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I can get a job as a trainer, find a place by the beach, swim in the ocean.
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My daughter Olive taught Percy to swim this weekend.
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She loves to swim in the local pool during the summer.
Synonyms
16
1.4
To swim for pleasure in the sea or pool
11
3.9
To swim using the stroke where you move one arm at a time and kick
3
6.5
To move through water by kicking with flat shoes on your feet
3
3.7
To swim just below the surface while breathing through a tube
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3.1
To swim on your front by moving your arms in half circles and kicking like a frog
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
4
5.3
To move against a river current or to keep trying when many people are against you
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.0
An air sac in many fish that helps them stay at a certain depth in water
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swim comes from the old English verb swimman, which meant 'to move in water', so to swim today is to move through water using your arms and legs.