SWIM (swam, swimming, swum)
Dictionary entry overview: What does swim mean?
• SWIM (noun)
The noun SWIM has 1 sense:
1. the act of swimming
Familiarity information: SWIM used as a noun is very rare.
• SWIM (verb)
The verb SWIM has 2 senses:
1. travel through water
2. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
Familiarity information: SWIM used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SWIM (noun)
Meaning:
The act of swimming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
swim; swimming
Context examples:
it was the swimming they enjoyed most / they took a short swim in the pool
Hypernyms ("swim" is a kind of...):
aquatics; water sport (sports that involve bodies of water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swim"):
bathe (the act of swimming)
skin diving; skin-dive (underwater swimming with a breathing apparatus)
floating; natation (the act of someone who floats on the water)
dive; diving (a headlong plunge into water)
dip; plunge (a brief swim in water)
skinny-dip (a naked swim)
• SWIM (verb)
Meaning:
Travel through water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore / a big fish was swimming in the tank
Hypernyms (to "swim" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swim"):
skinny-dip (bathe in the nude)
backstroke (swim on one's back)
breaststroke (swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg)
crawl (swim by doing the crawl)
paddle (swim like a dog in shallow water)
fin (propel oneself through the water in a finning motion)
break water; fin (show the fins above the water while swimming)
school (swim in or form a large group of fish)
dive (swim under water)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
These men swim across the river
These men swim the river
Meaning:
Be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
float; swim
Hypernyms (to "swim" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swim"):
buoy (float on the surface of water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
These cars won't swim
