Définitions
1.VerbTo move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
2.VerbTo become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid."swimming in self-pity; a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce"
3.VerbTo move around freely because of excess space.
4.VerbTo traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event."For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.; I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals."
5.VerbTo cause to swim."to swim a horse across a river; Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily."
6.VerbTo float."sink or swim; There's oil swimming on the water."
7.VerbTo be overflowed or drenched.
8.VerbTo immerse in water to make the lighter parts float."to swim wheat in order to select seed"
9.VerbTo test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
10.VerbTo glide along with a waving motion.
11.VerbTo have a great quantity of something."You should be swimming in money after this job."
12.NounAn act or instance of swimming."I'm going for a swim.; She had a quick swim in the bay."
13.NounThe sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
14.NounA part of a stream much frequented by fish.
15.NounA dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
16.NounThe flow of events; being in the swim of things.
17.NounA dizziness; swoon.
18.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."
19.NounAbbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.