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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. {Swam}or {Swum}; p. p. {Swum}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swimming}.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw. simma. Cf. {Sound} an air bladder, a strait.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. [1913 Webster] Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6. [1913 Webster] Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [1913 Webster] [They] now swim in joy. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Swim \Swim\, v. i. [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS. sw[imac]ma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to subside, sv[imac]a to abate, G. schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. sw[imac]nan to dwindle. Cf. {Squemish}, {Swindler}.] To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Swim \Swim\, v. t. 1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. [1913 Webster] Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river. [1913 Webster] 3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Swim \Swim\, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] {Swim bladder}, an air bladder of a fish. {To be in the swim}, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: swim n 1: the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool" [syn: {swimming}, {swim}] v 1: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" 2: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom [syn: {float}, {swim}] [ant: {go down}, {go under}, {settle}, {sink}] 3: be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne" 4: be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy" [syn: {swim}, {drown}] 5: move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SWIM Someone Who Isn't Me (slang, Usenet, IRC) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SWIM Super Woz' Integrated Machine