- (n.) The sound or air bladder, of a fish.
- (v.i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
- (v.t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
- (v.t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
- (n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- (v.i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
- (v.i.) To be filled with swimming animals.
- (v.i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet or the fins or the tail.
- (v.i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (v.i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
- (v.t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
- (n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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