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1. swim - noun

· the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most"; "they took a short swim in the pool"

Synonym(s): swimming

Hypernym(s): water_sport, aquatics




2. swim - verb

· travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote




3. swim - verb

· be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

Synonym(s): float

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote




4. swim - verb

· be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"

Hypernym(s): be




5. swim - verb

· be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

Synonym(s): drown

Hypernym(s): be




6. swim - verb

· move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote





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