swim
verb (MOVE IN WATER) /swɪm/ (present participle swimming, past tense swam, past participle swum)Definition
A1 [I or T] to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body: We spent the day on the beach but it was too cold to go swimming. Her ambition is to swim (across) the English Channel. I swam two miles this morning.SwimmingMovement on or through water be swimming in/with sth disapproving › If food is swimming in/with a liquid, it has too much of that liquid in it or on it: The salad was swimming in oil.Not pleasant to eat or drink
(Definition of swim verb (MOVE IN WATER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aqua-aerobics noun
- Aqua-Lung noun
- armband noun
- bathing trunks noun
- bellyflop noun
- butterfly noun (SWIMMING)
- butterfly stroke noun
- diving board noun
- freestyle noun
- gala noun (SPORTS EVENT)
- paddle verb (SWIM)
- scuba diving noun
- sidestroke noun
- skin diving noun
- stroke noun (SWIMMING)
- sub-aqua adjective
- swallow dive noun
- swim noun
- tread verb
- waterwings noun
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