Crossword-Solution: SWIM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Swim | v. i. | 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. |
| Swim | v. i. | To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. |
| Swim | v. i. | To be overflowed or drenched. |
| Swim | v. i. | Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. |
| Swim | v. i. | To be filled with swimming animals. |
| Swim | v. t. | To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. |
| Swim | v. t. | To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river. |
| Swim | v. t. | To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed. |
| Swim | n. | The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. |
| Swim | n. | The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. |
| Swim | n. | A part of a stream much frequented by fish. |
| Swim | v. i. | To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims. |
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Sentences with SWIM (5)
When she stole softly to the edge of the lagoon she might see them by the score, especially on Marooners’ Rock, where they loved to bask, combing out their hair in a lazy way that quite irritated her; or she might even swim, on tiptoe as it were, to within a yard of them, but then they saw her and dived, probably splashing her with their tails, not by accident, but intentionally.
Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology.
The red one in all probability cannot swim,” I said, “since there is scarce enough water in all their domains to float the tiniest craft.
They took a swim about every hour, so it was close upon the middle of the afternoon when they got back to camp.
Says he: “I got hurt a little, en couldn’t swim fas’, so I wuz a considable ways behine you towards de las’; when you landed I reck’ned I could ketch up wid you on de lan’ ’dout havin’ to shout at you, but when I see dat house I begin to go slow.
Quotes with SWIM (3)
You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?""We have a very big bathtub.
Knowledge is knowing the depth of the ocean. Wisdom is knowing till where to swim.
You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 320 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).