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Swim (Verb)

Meaning 1

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.

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Break Water

Related Words

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Meaning 2

Move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Move

Meaning 3

Be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

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.

Synonyms

  • Drown

Meaning 5

Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Float

Hypernyms

  • Locomote
  • Travel
  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Buoy

Related Words

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