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swimmable

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swim

  [swim] ,verb, swam, swum, swim⋅ming, noun
Use swimmable in a Sentence
–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. to be immersed or steeped in or overflowing or flooded with a liquid: eyes swimming with tears.
6. to 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
11. an act, instance, or period of swimming.
12. a motion as of swimming; a smooth, gliding movement.
—Idiom
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:
bef. 900; ME swimmen, OE swimman; c. D zwemmen, G schwimmen, ON svimma

Related forms:
swim⋅ma⋅ble, adjective
swimmer, noun
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swim   (swĭm)   
v.   swam (swām), swum (swŭm), swim·ming, swims

v.   intr.

  1. To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail.

  2. To move as though gliding through water.

  3. To float on water or another liquid.

    1. To be covered or flooded with or as if with a liquid: chicken swimming in gravy.

    2. To possess a superfluity; abound: After winning the lottery, she was swimming in money.

  5. To experience a floating or giddy sensation; be dizzy: "his brain still swimming with the effects of the last night's champagne" (Robert Smith Surtees).

  6. To appear to spin or reel lazily: The room swam before my eyes.

v.   tr.

  1. To move through or across (a body of water) by swimming: She swam the channel.

  2. To execute (a particular stroke) in swimming.

  3. To cause to swim or float.

n.  

    1. The act of swimming.

    2. A period of time spent swimming.

  2. A gliding motion.

  3. A state of dizziness.

  4. An area, as of a river, abounding in fish.

adj.  Of, relating to, or used for swimming: a swim mask.

[Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman.]
swim'ma·ble adj., swim'mer n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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