SWIM UPSTREAM

Meaning of SWIM UPSTREAM in English

to travel a long distance to meet with a girlfriend/boyfriend, inspired by the lengths salmon go to mate Example:

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

UPSTREAM — adverb or adjective Date: 1681 in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream, in or to a position …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPSTREAM — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adverb Etymology: up (IV) + stream, n. : in a direction nearer the source of a stream traveled …
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
UPSTREAM — (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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
UPSTREAM — ( adv. ) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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
UPSTREAM — /up"streem"/ , adv. 1. toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current. adj. 2. directed upstream; …
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
UPSTREAM — adv. toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current; in a manner which is contrary to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPSTREAM — adj. in the higher part of a stream, closer to the source of the stream
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam ; swum ˈswəm ; swim·ming ) Etymology: Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPSTREAM — adverb or adjective Date: 1681 1. : in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream 2. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPSTREAM — adv toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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
UPSTREAM — ■ adverb & adjective situated or moving in the direction opposite to that in which a stream or river flows.
Concise Oxford English vocab
UPSTREAM — [up.stream] adv or adj (1681) 1: in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream 2: toward a portion …
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
UPSTREAM — upstream BrE AmE ˌʌp ˈstriːm ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPSTREAM — / ˌʌpˈstriːm; NAmE / (also less frequent up·river ) adverb upstream (of / from sth) along a river, in the …
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
UPSTREAM — up ‧ stream /ˌʌpˈstriːm◂/ BrE AmE adverb along a river, in the opposite direction from the way the water is …
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
UPSTREAM — adv. & adj. --adv. against the flow of a stream etc. --adj. moving upstream.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPSTREAM — adv. & adj. adv. against the flow of a stream etc. adj. moving upstream.
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
UPSTREAM — adv. & adj. --adv. against the flow of a stream etc. --adj. moving upstream.
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
UPSTREAM — Something that is moving upstream is moving towards the source of a river, from a point further down the river. …
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
UPSTREAM — Something that is moving ~ is moving towards the source of a river, from a point further down the river. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPSTREAM — adverb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Across the railway, Force Gill comes into view and is followed upstream , departing from …
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
UPSTREAM — [adjective], [adverb] - (moving) on a river or stream towards its originSalmon swim upstream against very strong currents to reach …
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
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Slang English vocab
UPSTREAM — adv. Upstream is used with these verbs: ↑ swim
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWIM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evening , morning , regular ▪ long , quick ▪ How about a quick ~ before …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UPSTREAM — < networking > Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub . For example, a small ISP that connects …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
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 …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
UPSTREAM — в направлении, противоположном основному трафику вверх по течению upstream вверх по течению ~ против течения
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWIM — 1. сущ. 1) плавание, купание to have/take a swim ≈ поплавать 2) скольжение, плавное движение 3) (the swim) течение (событий, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPSTREAM — 1. ͵ʌpʹstri:m a 1> расположенный выше по течению upstream face - напорная сторона ( плотины ) 2> плывущий, движущийся против …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWIM — swim.ogg 1. swım n 1. 1> плавание to go for a swim - пойти поплавать to have /to take/ a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UPSTREAM — 1) верхнее течение ( реки, канала ) 2) верхний бьеф 3) выше по течению • - channel upstream
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
UPSTREAM — 1) верхнее течение (реки, канала) 2) верхний бьеф 3) выше по течению • - channel upstream
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
UPSTREAM — 1) вверх по потоку 2) всасывающий 3) входной 4) вышерасположенный 5) против потока • upstream end of lock — верхняя голова шлюза upstream side of dam — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SWIM — swim сущ.1) плавание, купание to have/take a swim — поплавать her swim across the river and back — ее плавание …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SWIM — 1. [swım] n 1. 1) плавание to go for a ~ - пойти поплавать to have /to take/ a ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
UPSTREAM — 1. ͵ʌpʹstri:m a 1) расположенный выше по течению upstream face - напорная сторона ( плотины ) 2> плывущий, движущийся против …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SWIM — 1. swım n 1. 1> плавание to go for a swim - пойти поплавать to have /to take/ a swim …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SWIM — 1. сущ. 1) плавание, купание to have / take a swim — поплавать her swim across the river and back …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SWIM — 1. сущ. 1) плавание, купание to have / take a swim — поплавать her swim across the river and back — ее плавание …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SWIM — 1. _n. 1> плавание; to go for a swim - (пойти) поплавать; to have/take a swim - поплавать 2> (the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SWIM — 1. n. 1. плавание; to go for a swim - (пойти) поплавать; to have/take a swim - поплавать 2. (the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SWIM — 1. _n. 1> плавание; to go for a swim (пойти) поплавать; to have (или to take) a swim поплавать 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
UPSTREAM — обратный поток - data upstream
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
UPSTREAM — в направлении, противоположном основному трафику вверх по течению upstream вверх по течению ~ против течения
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWIM — 1. сущ. 1) плавание, купание to have/take a swim ≈ поплавать 2) скольжение, плавное движение 3) (the swim) течение (событий, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Slang English vocab

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