SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE/CURRENT

Meaning of SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE/CURRENT in English

do the opposite of what most people want to do He is always swimming against the tide and never wants to do what his friends are doing.

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CURRENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) density current direct current {{link=electric current">electric current Labrador Current ocean current rip current turbidity …
Английский словарь Британика
TIDE — I. ˈtīd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tyde, tide time, from Old English tīd; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam, -aa(ə)m ; also chiefly dialect swimmed ˈswimd ; or swum ˈswəm ; swum also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURRENT — I. ˈkər.ənt, ˈkə.rə- adjective Etymology: Middle English curraunt, coraunt, from Old French corant, curant, present participle of corre, courre to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — I. əˈgen(t)st, -nzt also -ān- or ( less often in stand than in substand speech ) -in- preposition Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIDE — (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The …
Английский словарь Webster
SWIM — (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select …
Английский словарь Webster
SWIM — (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
Английский словарь Webster
AGAINST — (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in …
Английский словарь Webster
TIDE — ( prep. ) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWIM — ( v. t. ) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — ( prep. ) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIDE — tide 1 — tideful , adj. — tideless , adj. — tidelessness , n. — tidelike , adj. /tuyd/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWIM — — swimmable , adj. — swimmer , n. /swim/ , v. , swam, swum, swimming , n. v.i. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURRENT — — currently , adv. /kerr"euhnt, kur"-/ , adj. 1. passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — /euh genst", euh gaynst"/ , prep. 1. in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIDE — I. ˈtīd noun Etymology: Middle English, time, from Old English tīd; akin to Old High German zīt time and perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam ; swum ˈswəm ; swim·ming ) Etymology: Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGAINST — I. ə-ˈgen(t)st, -ˈgin(t)st, -ˈgān(t)st preposition Etymology: Middle English, alteration of againes, from again Date: 13th century 1. a. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIDE — prep violent confluence. 2. tide ·prep time; period; season. 3. tide ·noun to pour a tide or flood. 4. tide …
Webster English vocab
SWIM — vi to be overflowed or drenched. 2. swim ·vi to be filled with swimming animals. 3. swim ·noun the sound, …
Webster English vocab
CURRENT — adj running or moving rapidly. 2. current ·adj commonly estimated or acknowledged. 3. current ·adj now passing, as time; as, …
Webster English vocab
AGAINST — prep by of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. 2. …
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TIDE — [tide] n [ME, time, fr. OE tid; akin to OHG zit time and perh. to Gk daiesthai to divide] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWIM — [swim] vb swam ; swum ; swim.ming [ME swimmen, fr. OE swimman; akin to OHG swimman to swim] vi (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIDE — / taɪd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a regular rise and fall …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWIM — / swɪm; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swim·ming , swam / swæm; NAmE / swum / swʌm; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURRENT — / ˈkʌrənt; NAmE ˈkɜːr-/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] happening now; of the present …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — / əˈgenst; NAmE ; əˈgeɪnst/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of against in phrasal verbs, look at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIDE — I. tide 1 /taɪd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tid 'time' ] 1 . the tide …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWIM — I. swim 1 S3 /swɪm/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense swam /swæm/, past participle swum /swʌm/, present participle swimming …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CURRENT — I. cur ‧ rent 1 S2 W2 /ˈkʌrənt $ ˈkɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGAINST — a ‧ gainst S1 W1 /əˈɡenst, əˈɡeɪnst $ əˈɡenst/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: againes 'against' (11-16 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIDE — n. & v. n. 1 a the periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWIM — v. & n. v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIDE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the …
Oxford English vocab
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1. intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Oxford English vocab
AGAINST — prep. 1. in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Oxford English vocab
TIDE — ( tides, tiding, tided) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tide …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWIM — ( swims, swimming, swam, swum) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURRENT — ( currents) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A current is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIDE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES flood tide high tide ▪ High tide is at seven in the morning. low …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWIM — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a driving/swimming etc lesson ▪ Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CURRENT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a current of air ▪ The birds are able to glide on a current …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGAINST — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES against all odds (= despite something seeming very unlikely ) ▪ Against all odds, he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIDE — (SEA) [noun] [C] - the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every dayhigh/low tidea flood tideThe tide …
Cambridge English vocab
SWIM — (SEEM TO MOVE) [verb] [I] swimming, [past simple] swam, [past participle] swum - (of an object) to seem to move …
Cambridge English vocab
AGAINST — (TOUCHING) [preposition] - next to and touching or being supported by (something)It would save space if we put the bed …
Cambridge English vocab
CURRENT — n. alternating current density current direct current electric current Labrador Current ocean current rip current turbidity current
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TIDE — Synonyms and related words : affluence, afflux, affluxion, big drink, blue water, chronology, concourse, confluence, conflux, continuity, course, crosscurrent, current, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CURRENT — Synonyms and related words : AC, Brownian movement, DC, Zeitgeist, a la mode, absorption current, accepted, accessible, accidental, accompanying, accustomed, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Slang English vocab
AGAINST — adv. butt against inveigh against over against rise against
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — adv. Function: preposition 1 directly opposite FF1C; stood against the crowd and shouted for order FF1E; Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — preposition 1. directly opposite stood against the crowd and shouted for order Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, over against, toward, vis-à-vis …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evening , morning , regular ▪ long , quick ▪ How about a quick ~ before …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AGAINST — • ↑ as against • ↑ be against • ↑ be against/be opposed to • ↑ come up against • …
Longman Activator English vocab
AGAINST — adv. 25B6; preposition a number of delegates were against the motion : OPPOSED TO, in opposition to, hostile to, averse …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Словарь английских идиом
SWIM — Slow, graceful, undesired movements of display elements, groups, or images about their mean position on a display surface, such as …
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