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Definition of "swim" []
- To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail. (verb-intransitive)
- To move as though gliding through water. (verb-intransitive)
- To float on water or another liquid. (verb-intransitive)
- To be covered or flooded with or as if with a liquid: chicken swimming in gravy. (verb-intransitive)
- To possess a superfluity; abound: After winning the lottery, she was swimming in money. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "swim" in a sentence
- ""Water," said Tom; "swim -- _swim_ across" (he pointed southward and made the motions of swimming)."
- "I could not swim; but one of the midshipmen offered to accompany me, stating that I need not be afraid, if I fell overboard, of sinking to the bottom, as if I was giddy, my head, at all events, _would swim_; so"
- "I did not much like going up the rigging, because I was afraid of turning giddy, and if I fell overboard I could not swim; but one of the midshipmen offered to accompany me, stating that I need not be afraid, if I fell overboard, of sinking to the bottom, as, if I was giddy, my head at all events _would swim_; so I determined to venture."