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1.nounAn act or instance of swimming."I'm going for a swim."
2.nounThe sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
3.nounA part of a stream much frequented by fish.
4.nounA dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.
5.verbTo move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
6.verbTo become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid"a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce"
7.verbTo move around freely because of excess space.
8.verbTo traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event."For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool."
9.verbTo cause to swim."Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily."
10.verbTo float."sink or swim"
11.verbTo be overflowed or drenched.
12.verbTo immerse in water to make the lighter parts float."to swim wheat in order to select seed"
13.verbTo test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
14.verbTo glide along with a waving motion.
15.nounA dizziness; swoon.
16.verbTo be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion."My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine."