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- [swim]
- /swɪm/
- /swɪm/
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- [swim]
- /swɪm/
Definitions of swim word
- verb without object swim to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc. 1
- verb without object swim to float on the surface of water or some other liquid. 1
- verb without object swim to move, rest, or be suspended in air as if swimming in water. 1
- verb without object swim to move, glide, or go smoothly over a surface. 1
- verb without object swim to be immersed or steeped in or overflowing or flooded with a liquid: eyes swimming with tears. 1
- verb without object swim to be dizzy or giddy; seem to whirl: My head began to swim. 1
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Origin of swim
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English swimmen, Old English swimman; cognate with Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen, Old Norse svimma
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Parts of speech for Swim
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swim popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
swim usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swim
noun swim
- custom — A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- douche — a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
- hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
- inti — A former basic monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 centimos.
verb swim
- float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
- go around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- legs — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
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