Definitions for swim

Overview of noun swim

The noun swim has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. swimming, swim

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

Overview of verb swim

The verb swim has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (12) swim

(travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank")

2. (1) float, swim

(be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)

3. swim

(be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne")

4. swim, drown

(be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy")

5. swim

(move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives")