swim
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1 swim
The act of swimming:
— It was the swimming they enjoyed most.
— They took a short swim in the pool.
synoniem: swimming.
Nederlands: zwemmen
Pools: pływanie
werkwoord
1 swim
Travel through water.
Nederlands: afzwemmen
2 swim
Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.
synoniem: float.
Roget 320: be light etc. adj.; float, rise, swim, be buoyed up. render light etc. adj.; lighten, leaven.
Roget 305: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire. ... meer laten zien
Roget 267: sail; put to sea etc. (depart) 293; take ship, get under way; set sail, spread sail, spread canvas; gather way, have way on; make sail, ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: vlotten, drijven
3 swim
Be dizzy or giddy.
4 swim
Be covered with or submerged in a liquid:
— The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy.
synoniem: drown.
5 swim
Move as if gliding through water.
Nederlands: zwemmen
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