SWIM
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Swim (?), v. i. [imp. Swam (?) or Swum (&unr_;); p. p. Swum; p. pr. & vb. n. Swimming.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw&ö;mme, Sw. simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.] 1. 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.
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2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
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Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point.
Shak.
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3. To be overflowed or drenched. Ps. vi. 6.
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Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
Thomson.
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4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
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[They] now swim in joy.
Milton.
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5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]
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[Streams] that swim full of small fishes.
Chaucer.
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Swim, v. t. 1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
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Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
Dryden.
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2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
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3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
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Swim, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson.
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2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]
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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.]
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Swim, v. i. [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS. sw&ī;ma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to subside, sv&ī;a to abate, G. schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. sw&ī;nan to dwindle. Cf. Squemish, Swindler.] To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
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