swim

Definitions

1. 1.To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. Shak.
2. 2.To be overflowed or drenched. Ps. vi.
3. 3.Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. Thomson.
4. 4.Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. Milton.
5. 5.To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. Chaucer.
6. 6.To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main. Dryden.
7. 7.To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
8. 8.To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
9. 9.The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson.
10. 10.The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
11. 11.A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. -- To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]
12. 12.To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. Shak called?
• What is sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. Thomson called?
• What is fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. Milton called?
• What is to be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. Chaucer called?
• What is to pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main. Dryden called?
• What is to cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river called?
• What is to immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed called?
• What is the act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson called?
• What is a part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. -- To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.] called?
• What is to be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims called?