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simple past tense of swim.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
2.
to float on the surface of water or some other liquid.
3.
to move, rest, or be suspended in air as if swimming in water.
4.
to move, glide, or go smoothly over a surface.
5.
EXPANDto be immersed or steeped in or overflowing or flooded with a liquid: eyes swimming with tears.
6.
COLLAPSEto be dizzy or giddy; seem to whirl: My head began to swim.
verb (used with object)
7.
to move along in or cross (a body of water) by swimming: to swim a lake.
8.
to perform (a particular stroke) in swimming: to swim a sidestroke.
9.
to cause to swim or float, as on a stream.
10.
to furnish with sufficient water to swim or float.
noun
Idiom11.
an act, instance, or period of swimming.
12.
a motion as of swimming; a smooth, gliding movement.
13.
in the swim, alert to or actively engaged in events; in the thick of things: Despite her age, she is still in the swim.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English swimmen, Old English swimman; cognate with Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen, Old Norse svimma
before 900; Middle English swimmen, Old English swimman; cognate with Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen, Old Norse svimma
Related forms
swim·ma·ble, adjective
swim·mer, noun
non·swim·mer, noun
out·swim, verb, -swam, -swum, -swim·ming.
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Word Origin & History
swim
1547, "the clear part of any liquid" (above the sediment), from swim (v.). Meaning "part of a river or stream frequented by fish" (and hence fishermen) is from 1828, and is probably the source of the fig. meaning "the current of the latest affairs or events" (1869).
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