English to English
noun
- the act of swimming
It was the swimming they enjoyed most.
They took a short swim in the pool.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- travel through water
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore.
A big fish was swimming in the tank.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
source: WordNet 3.0
- be dizzy or giddy
My brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move as if gliding through water
This snake swims through the soil where it lives.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
source: Webster 1913
- To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
source: Webster 1913
- To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [swím] Lumangoy
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
