Swim

  • 41swim — verb (swims, swimming; past swam; past participle swum) 1》 propel oneself through water by bodily movement.     ↘cross (a stretch of water) in this way.     ↘float. 2》 be immersed in or covered with liquid. 3》 appear to whirl before one s eyes.… …

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  • 42swim —    Slow, graceful, yet undesired movements of display elements or images about their mean position on a monitor. Swim can be followed by the human eye, whereas jitters usually appears as a blur …

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  • 43swim — see don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim …

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  • 44swim — [OE] Together with German schwimmen, Dutch zwemmen, Swedish simma, and Danish svømme, swim goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *swemjan, a derivative of the same base as produced Old Norse sund ‘swimming’ (source of English sound ‘channel,… …

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  • 45Swim Deeper — is a progressive jazz/pop band from America. They formed in Essex, Connecticut in the spring of 1998. A blending of Steely Dan and The Alan Parsons Project, they combine elements from many of their musical heroes. Current band members include:… …

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  • 46swim against the current — or[swim against the stream] {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./ …

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  • 47swim against the current — or[swim against the stream] {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./ …

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  • 48Swim (disambiguation) — Swim can refer to several things: *Swimming, an album by the band French Kicks *swimming * In telecommunications, a random signal fluctuation over medium timescales (see jitter and wander). *Swim , a record label. * Swim (EP) , an EP by the band… …

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  • 49Swim bladder — Swim Swim, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] {Swim… …

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  • 50swim bladder — n. a gas filled sac in the dorsal portion of the body cavity of most bony fishes, giving buoyancy to the body and used as an accessory, lunglike organ in lungfishes * * * ▪ fish anatomy also called  air bladder,         buoyancy organ possessed… …

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