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Noun
S:
(n)
swimming
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swim
(the act of swimming)
"it was the swimming they enjoyed most"; "they took a short swim in the pool"
Verb
S:
(v)
swim
(travel through water)
"We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
S:
(v)
float
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swim
(be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
S:
(v)
swim
(be dizzy or giddy)
"my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
S:
(v)
swim
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drown
(be covered with or submerged in a liquid)
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
S:
(v)
swim
(move as if gliding through water)
"this snake swims through the soil where it lives"