Noun

• S: (n) swimming (swimming%1:04:00::), swim (swim%1:04:00::) (the act of swimming) "it was the swimming they enjoyed most"; "they took a short swim in the pool"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) swim (swim%2:38:00::) (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 (float%2:38:01::), swim (swim%2:38:01::) (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
• S: (v) swim (swim%2:42:02::) (be dizzy or giddy) "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
• S: (v) swim (swim%2:42:00::), drown (drown%2:42:00::) (be covered with or submerged in a liquid) "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
• S: (v) swim (swim%2:38:02::) (move as if gliding through water) "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"