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English noun: swim | |||
| 1. | swim (act) the act of swimming | ||
| Samples | It was the swimming they enjoyed most. They took a short swim in the pool. | ||
| Synonyms | swimming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aquatics, water sport | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bathe, dip, dive, diving, floating, natation, plunge, skin diving, skin-dive, skinny-dip | ||
English verb: swim | |||
| 1. | swim (motion) travel through water | ||
| Samples | We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore. A big fish was swimming in the tank. | ||
| Examples | These men swim across the river, These men swim the river | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backstroke, break water, breaststroke, crawl, dive, fin, fin, paddle, school, skinny-dip | ||
| 2. | swim (motion) be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom | ||
| Examples | These cars won't swim | ||
| Synonyms | float | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buoy | ||
| Verb group | float, float | ||
| Antonyms | go under, go down, sink, settle | ||
| 3. | swim (stative) be dizzy or giddy | ||
| Samples | My brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 4. | swim (stative) be covered with or submerged in a liquid | ||
| Samples | The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy. | ||
| Synonyms | drown | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 5. | swim (motion) move as if gliding through water | ||
| Samples | This snake swims through the soil where it lives. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
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