noun Download 🔗Share The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water. Examples : "My favorite weekend activity is swimming. " sport action nautical ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The state of being dizzy or in vertigo. Examples : "the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking" medicine sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. Examples : "The children were swimming in the lake all afternoon. " sport action nautical sailing ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid Examples : "a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce" sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move around freely because of excess space. Examples : "The children were swimming in the backyard pool, enjoying the extra space and freedom of movement. " sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event. Examples : "For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool." sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to swim. Examples : "Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily." sport action nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To float. Examples : "sink or swim" sport action nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be overflowed or drenched. Examples : "The rain was so heavy that the streets were swimming in water. " action nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float. Examples : "to swim wheat in order to select seed" sport action sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches. Examples : "The villagers decided to swim the suspected witch to determine her guilt. " religion ritual supernatural history curse tradition action inhuman Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To glide along with a waving motion. Examples : "The swimmer gracefully swam across the pool, her arms and legs moving in a waving motion. " sport action nautical entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion. Examples : "My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine." sensation medicine body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading