Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - swim
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Swim
swim
(swims, swimming, swam, swum) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs. She learned to swim when she was really tiny... I went round to Jonathan’s to see if he wanted to go swimming... He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore... I swim a mile a day. VERB: V, V, V adv/prep, V amount/n • Swim is also a noun. When can we go for a swim, Mam? N-SING 2. If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race. She swam the 400 metres medley ten seconds slower than she did in 1980. VERB: V n 3. If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it. In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel. VERB: V n 4. When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body. The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream. VERB: V adv/prep, also V 5. If objects swim, they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill. Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn’t breathe, the room swam. VERB: V 6. If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill. The musty aroma of incense made her head swim. = spin VERB: V 7. sink or swim: see sink
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I. verb (swam; swum; ~ming) Etymology: Middle English ~men, from Old English ~man; akin to Old High German ~man to ~ Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to propel oneself in water by natural means (as movements of the limbs, fins, or tail) b. to play in the water (as at a beach or ~ming pool) 2. to move with a motion like that of ~ming ; glide a cloud swam slowly across the moon 3. a. to float on a liquid ; not sink b. to surmount difficulties ; not go under sink or ~, live or die, survive or perish — Daniel Webster 4. to become immersed in or flooded with or as if with a liquid potatoes ~ming in gravy 5. to have a floating or reeling appearance or sensation transitive verb 1. a. to cross by propelling oneself through water ~ a stream b. to execute in ~ming 2. to cause to ~ or float • ~mer noun II. noun Date: 1599 1. a smooth gliding motion 2. an act or period of ~ming 3. a temporary dizziness or unconsciousness 4. a. an area frequented by fish b. the main current of activity in the ~ III. adjective Date: 1924 of, relating to, or used in or for ~ming a ~ meet ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the arms and legs, or (of a fish) the fins and tail. 2 tr. a traverse (a stretch of water or its distance) by swimming. b compete in (a race) by swimming. c use (a particular stroke) in swimming. 3 intr. float on or at the surface of a liquid (bubbles swimming on the surface). 4 intr. appear to undulate or reel or whirl. 5 intr. have a dizzy effect or sensation (my head swam). 6 intr. (foll. by in, with) be flooded. --n. 1 a spell or the act of swimming. 2 a deep pool frequented by fish in a river. Phrases and idioms in the swim involved in or acquainted with what is going on. swim-bladder a gas-filled sac in fishes used to maintain buoyancy. swimming-bath (or -pool) an artificial indoor or outdoor pool for swimming. swimming-costume Brit. a garment worn for swimming. Derivatives swimmable adj. swimmer n. Etymology: OE swimman f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. плавание to go for a swim —- пойти поплавать to have (to take) a swim —- поплавать I had a swim —- я поплавал 2. купание (в море, озере) to have a swim —- искупаться 3. (the swim) основное течение (событий, общественной жизни и т. п.) to be in the swim —- быть в курсе дела (в центре событий) to be out of the swim —- быть не в курсе дела, стоять в стороне от происходящих событий 4. разг. головокружение her head was in a swim —- у нее кружилась голова 5. омут (в котором водится рыба) Id: to be in the swim with smb. —- быть в одной компании с кем-л. 6. плавать, плыть; переплывать to swim on one's chest —- плавать на животе to swim under water —- плавать под водой to swim a race —- участвовать в соревнованиях по плаванию to swim the English Channel —- переплыть Ла-Манш he cannot swim a stroke —- он совсем не умеет плавать to swim to the bottom —- пойти ко дну to swim like a stone (like a tailor's goose) —- плавать как топор, идти ко дну the moon swims in the sky —- луна плывет по небу to swim off the line —- спорт. наплыть на ограждение when their boat sank they had to swim for it —- когда их лодка затонула, им пришлось пуститься вплавь 7. купаться (в море, озере) let's go swimming —- пойдем искупаемся 8. заставлять плыть to swim a horse across a river —- пустить лошадь вплавь через реку 9. плавно двигаться, скользить to swim across the floor —- скользить по полу to swim into the...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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over переплыть SWIM 1. noun 1) плавание; to go for a swim - (пойти) поплавать; to have/take a swim - поплавать 2) (the swim) течение (событий, общественной жизни и т.п.); to be in the swim - быть в курсе дела; быть в центре (событий, общественной жизни и т.п.); to be out of the swim - быть не в курсе дела; стоять вне жизни; to put smb. in the swim - ввести кого-л. в курс дела 3) головокружение; обморок 4) омут, в котором водится рыба 2. v. 1) плавать, плыть; переплывать; to swim like a stone joc. - плавать как топор; идти ко дну; to swim a person a hundred yards - состязаться с кем-л. в плавании на сто ярдов; to swim a race - участвовать в состязании по плаванию 2) заставлять плыть; to swim a horse across a river - заставить лошадь переплыть реку 3) быть залитым (in, with - чем-л.); плавать (в чем-л.); the meat swims in gravy - мясо залито подливкой; to swim in luxury - утопать в роскоши 4) чувствовать головокружение; кружиться (о голове); my head began to swim - у меня закружилась голова; everything swam before his eyes - все поплыло у него перед глазами to swim with/down the tide/stream - примкнуть к большинству to swim against the stream - идти против большинства sink or swim - see sink 2. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v past tense swam, past participle swum, present participle swimming 1 »MOVE THROUGH WATER« to move yourself through water using your arms, legs etc (My dad taught me to swim. | Exotic fish swam around in the tank. | go swimming (=swim for fun)) (- see bath2) 2 »IN A PARTICULAR AREA OF WATER« to get across a particular area of water by doing this (She was the first woman to swim the Channel.) 3 »A PARTICULAR STYLE« to use a particular style of swimming (She can swim breaststroke, backstroke, and crawl.) 4 »NOT THINKING/SEEING PROPERLY« a) if your head swims, you start to feel confused or dizzy (1) (My head was swimming after looking at that screen all day.) b) if something you are looking at swims, it seems to move because you feel dizzy (1) (The numbers swam before my eyes.) 5 be swimming with sth also be swimming in sth to be very full of liquid or completely surrounded by liquid (potatoes swimming in thick gravy) 6 swim with the tide to do or say the same things as most other people want because you do not want to seem different 7 swim against the tide to do or say different things from what most people do, because you do not mind being different (- see also sink or swim sink1 (17)) ~2 n 1 a period of time that you spend swimming (Let's go for a swim.) 2 in the swim informal knowing about and involved in what is happening in modern life ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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ocean sc. abbr. Surface Water Improvement And Management meteo abbr. Solar Wind Interplanetary Measurements electron. abbr. Semiconductor Workbench for Integrated Modeling educ. abbr. Southern Wells Individual Mentor religion abbr. Satan's Way Into Me religion abbr. Summer Workshop In Ministries religion abbr. Summer Witness In Missions gen. bus. abbr. Strategically Winning Industrial Markets gen. bus. abbr. Superior Warehouse Inventory Management NASDAQ abbr. Anthony and Sylvan Pools ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. swimman "to move in or on the water, float" (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, pp. swummen), from P.Gmc. *swemjanan. Sense of "reel or move unsteadily" first recorded 1678. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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