Swim

  • 11swim — [v] make way through water using arms, legs bathe, breast stroke, crawl, dive, dogpaddle, float, freestyle, glide, go for a swim, go swimming, go wading, high dive, move, paddle, practice, race, skinny dip*, slip, stroke, submerge, take a dip,… …

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  • 12Swim — may refer to: Sport *Swimming Abbreviation *System Wide Information Management …

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  • 13swim-up — (swimґup) the migration of something into culture medium …

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  • 14swim in — (something) to have too much of something. The company is swimming in cash and trying to figure out what to do with it. Every meal was swimming in grease …

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  • 15swim — The past form of the verb is swam (She swam to the shore) and the past participle is swum (Have you swum recently?), but the reverse will be found in older writing: • Who, being shipwrecked, had swam naked to land Dr Johnson, 1750 • As she sprang …

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  • 16swim|my — «SWIHM ee», adjective, mi|er, mi|est. 1. slightly dizzy or giddy; light headed: »The blow on the head left him feeling swimmy. 2. not seeing clearly; blurred: »Through the smoke his swimmy …

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  • 17swim — swim1 [ swım ] (past tense swam [ swæm ] ; past participle swum [ swʌm ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive to move through water by making movements with your arms and legs: Pollution has made it unsafe to swim in the lake. Can you swim? a ) transitive …

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  • 18swim — I UK [swɪm] / US verb Word forms swim : present tense I/you/we/they swim he/she/it swims present participle swimming past tense swam UK [swæm] / US past participle swum UK [swʌm] / US ** 1) [intransitive] to move through water by making movements …

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  • 19swim — swim1 [swım] v past tense swam [swæm] past participle swum [swʌm] present participle swimming ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move through water)¦ 2¦(water animals)¦ 3¦(not thinking/seeing properly)¦ 4 be swimming in something 5 swim against the tide/current etc… …

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  • 20swim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evening, morning, regular ▪ long, quick ▪ How about a quick swim before breakfast? ▪ nice …

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