26984 words

swims

6 definitions • 9 examples
1
to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body:

Examples:

go swimming We spent the day on the beach but it was too cold to go swimming.
I swam two miles this morning.
2
If food is swimming in/with a liquid, it has too much of that liquid in it or on it:

Examples:

The salad was swimming in oil.
3
(of an object) to seem to move around:

Examples:

Getting up too suddenly made the room swim before her eyes.
4
If your head swims, you feel confused and are unable to think or see clearly:

Examples:

head swims After the second or third drink, my head began to swim.
5
a time when you swim:

Examples:

go for/have a swim Let's go for/have a swim this afternoon.
6
to move through water by moving parts of the body:

Examples:

[ I ] He jumped in the river and swam.
[ T ] Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel.

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