transcription, транскрипция: [ swɪm ]
( swims, swimming, swam, swum)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you swim , you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs.
She learned to swim when she was really tiny...
I went round to Jonathan’s to see if he wanted to go swimming...
He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore...
I swim a mile a day.
VERB : V , V , V adv / prep , V amount / n
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Swim is also a noun.
When can we go for a swim, Mam?
N-SING
2.
If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race.
She swam the 400 metres medley ten seconds slower than she did in 1980.
VERB : V n
3.
If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it.
In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel.
VERB : V n
4.
When a fish swims , it moves through water by moving its body.
The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.
VERB : V adv / prep , also V
5.
If objects swim , they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill.
Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn’t breathe, the room swam.
VERB : V
6.
If your head is swimming , you feel unsteady and slightly ill.
The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.
= spin
VERB : V
7.
sink or swim: see sink