Swim vs. Swimming

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Swimverb

(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.

Swimverb

(intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid

Swimverb

(intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.

Swimverb

(transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.

Swimverb

To cause to swim.

Swimverb

To float.

Swimverb

(intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.

Swimverb

(transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.

Swimverb

To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.

Swimverb

(intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.

Swimverb

(intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.

Swimnoun

An act or instance of swimming.

Swimnoun

The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

Swimnoun

(UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

Swimnoun

A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.

Swimnoun

A dizziness; swoon.

Swimnoun

used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums

Swimverb

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.

Swimverb

To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

Swimverb

To be overflowed or drenched.

Swimverb

Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

Swimverb

To be filled with swimming animals.

Swimverb

To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

Swimverb

To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

Swimverb

To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

Swimverb

To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

Swimnoun

The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.

Swimnoun

The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

Swimnoun

A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

Swimnoun

the act of swimming

Swimverb

travel through water;

Swimverb

be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink

Swimmingnoun

The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.

Swimmingnoun

The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.

Swimmingadjective

That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

Swimmingadjective

Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.

Swimmingadjective

Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

Swimmingnoun

The act of one who swims.

Swimmingnoun

Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.

Swimmingnoun

the act of swimming

Swimmingadjective

filled or brimming with tears;

Swimmingadjective

applied to a fish depicted horizontally

Swimming

Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or a liquid substance, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body.

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