Swim (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The room started to swim as I stood up too quickly after a night of heavy drinking.
- Her head was swimming after she tried to spin around too many times.
- The bright lights and loud music made the world swim around me.
- As I read the complex math equation, my brain started to swim trying to keep up with the variables.
- The smell of perfume was so overpowering that my senses started to swim.
Meaning 2
Move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 3
Travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- She loved to swim in the ocean whenever she went on vacation.
- The fish struggled to swim against the strong current in the river.
- After the ship sank, the survivors had to swim for hours to reach the island.
- The child learned to swim in the local pool by taking lessons every weekend.
- As we watched, a beautiful shark began to swim slowly around the underwater cage.
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Meaning 4
Be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.