swim
To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
Verb 4 meanings
To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
“swimming in self-pity”
To move around freely because of excess space.
To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
“For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.”
Noun 4 meanings
An act or instance of swimming.
“I'm going for a swim.”
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
Etymology
From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”).
SWIM at a glance
SWIM has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + W 4 + I 1 + M 3) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,999 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with swim
All rhymes- OUTSWIM12
- ASWIM10
- OVERSWIM16
One letter away
- SLIM6
- SWAM9
- SKIM10
- SHIM9
- SWIG8
- SWUM9
- STIM6
- SAIM6
- SPIM8
- SWIZ16
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