swim

nouns

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

verbs

travel through water
"We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
swim
is derived from
swimmer
is derived from
swimmer
is derived from
swimming
is a type of (narrower)
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
"How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
go, locomote, move, travel
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
float, swim
be dizzy or giddy
"my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
swim
is a type of (narrower)
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
be
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
drown, swim
move as if gliding through water
"this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
swim
is a type of (narrower)
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
"How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
go, locomote, move, travel