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Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. {Swam}or {Swum}; p. p. {Swum}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Swimming}.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG.
swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw.
simma. Cf. {Sound} an air bladder, a strait.]
1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to
float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity
is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
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2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with
the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
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Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point. --Shak.
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3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6.
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Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
--Thomson.
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4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
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[They] now swim in joy. --Milton.
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5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]
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[Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer.
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Swim \Swim\, v. i. [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS.
sw[imac]ma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to
subside, sv[imac]a to abate, G. schwindel dizziness,
schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. sw[imac]nan to
dwindle. Cf. {Squemish}, {Swindler}.]
To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as,
the head swims.
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Swim \Swim\, v. t.
1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a
stream.
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Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
--Dryden.
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2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim
a horse across a river.
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3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as,
to swim wheat in order to select seed.
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Swim \Swim\, n.
1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one
swimming. --B. Jonson.
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2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]
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{Swim bladder}, an air bladder of a fish.

{To be in the swim}, to be in a favored position; to be
associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]
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