Dictionary definition · swim
noun
- the act of swimming"it was the swimming they enjoyed most"
verb
- travel through water"We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- be dizzy or giddy"my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
- move as if gliding through water"this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).