swim

Meanings

• 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"
• 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"

Synonyms

drown, float, swimming