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From:
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swim
/ˈswɪm/
游泳,漂浮,潮流,眼花(vi.)游泳,游,漂浮,浸,覆蓋,充溢,旋轉,眩暈(vt.)游過
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swim
,
v. i.
To
be
dizzy
;
to
have
an
unsteady
or
reeling
sensation
;
as
,
the
head
swims
.
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swim
,
v. t.
1.
To
pass
or
move
over
or
on
by
swimming
;
as
,
to
swim
a
stream
.
Sometimes
he
thought
to
swim
the
stormy
main
.
--
Dryden
.
2.
To
cause
or
compel
to
swim
;
to
make
to
float
;
as
,
to
swim
a
horse
across
a
river
.
3.
To
immerse
in
water
that
the
lighter
parts
may
float
;
as
,
to
swim
wheat
in
order
to
select
seed
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swim
,
n.
1.
The
act
of
swimming
;
a
gliding
motion
,
like
that
of
one
swimming
.
2.
The
sound
,
or
air
bladder
,
of
a
fish
.
3.
A
part
of
a
stream
much
frequented
by
fish
. [
Eng
.]
Swim bladder
,
an
air
bladder
of
a
fish
.
To be in the swim
,
to
be
in
a
favored
position
;
to
be
associated
with
others
in
active
affairs
. [
Colloq
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swim
v. i.
[
imp.
Swam
or
Swum
p. p.
Swum
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Swimming
.]
1.
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
.
2.
To
move
progressively
in
water
by
means
of
strokes
with
the
hands
and
feet
,
or
the
fins
or
the
tail
.
Leap
in
with
me
into
this
angry
flood
,
And
swim
to
yonder
point
. --
Shak
.
3.
To
be
overflowed
or
drenched
.
Sudden
the
ditches
swell
,
the
meadows
swim
.
--
Thomson
.
4.
Fig
.:
To
be
as
if
borne
or
floating
in
a
fluid
.
[They]
now
swim
in
joy
.
--
Milton
.
5.
To
be
filled
with
swimming
animals
. [
Obs
.]
[Streams]
that
swim
full
of
small
fishes
.
--
Chaucer
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
swim
n
:
the
act
of
swimming
[
syn
:
swimming
]
v
1:
travel
through
water
; "
We
had
to
swim
for
20
minutes
to
reach
the
shore
"; "
a
big
fish
was
swimming
in
the
tank
"
2:
be
afloat
;
stay
on
a
liquid
surface
;
not
sink
[
syn
:
float
]
[
ant
:
sink
]
[
also
:
swum
,
swimming
,
swam
]
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