swim
/swɪm/
noun
- An act or period of swimming.
- She took a long swim to relax after work.
- We went for a swim in the lake after lunch.
- A quick swim in the morning wakes me up.
verb
- To move through water by moving your arms and legs.
- Every morning he swims ten laps in the pool.
- The children love to swim at the beach during summer vacation.
- She learned to swim when she was five years old.
- To be covered or flooded with a liquid.
- Her eyes swam with tears as she said goodbye.
- The salad was swimming in dressing.
- The kitchen floor was swimming in water after the pipe burst.
- To feel dizzy or as if things are spinning around you.
- After spinning around, his head began to swim.
- The room swam before her eyes when she stood up too quickly.
- He felt the world swim around him as the fever took hold.
- To appear to move or float in a blurry or wavering way.
- The letters on the page swam before his tired eyes.
- Heat waves made the distant buildings swim in the air.
- The stars swam in the dark sky as she looked up.
Antonyms