swim

/swɪm/ verb (present participle swimming, past tense swam, past participle swum)

Translation

THROUGH WATER [I, T] › to move through water by moving your body

yüzmek

I learnt to swim when I was about 5 years old. I swim thirty lengths of the pool most mornings. 4011618

HEAD [I] › If your head swims, you feel confused and are unable to see or think clearly.

başı dönmek, fırıl fırıl dönmek

Just the thought of all that work makes my head swim.5761074

SEEM TO MOVE [I] › to seem to move about

hareket ediyor gibi gözükmek; zemin ayaklarının altından kayıyor gibi gelmek; başı dönmek

I got up suddenly and the room started swimming.1627

swimming noun [U] ›

yüzme

I usually go swimming about twice a week. swimmer noun [C] ›

yüzücü

I'm not a very strong swimmer.

(Definition of swim verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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