Definition of Swim

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Definition of Swim

Swim

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.

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

To be overflowed or drenched.

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

To be filled with swimming animals.

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

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

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

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

The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

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

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Swim Quotations

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
Abraham Maslow

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
Alan Watts

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
Joan Rivers

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
Margaret Thatcher

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
Marcel Proust

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim."
Lyndon B. Johnson

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.'
Will Smith

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.
Darrell Royal

Swim Translations

swim in Afrikaans is swem, dryf
swim in Dutch is zwemmen, drijven
swim in Finnish is uida
swim in French is nager, baignade, nagent, nageons, nagez
swim in German is schwimmen
swim in Italian is nuotare, fanno il bagno
swim in Portuguese is nadar, nadada
swim in Spanish is ba ar, nadar
swim in Swedish is simma

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