swim

/swɪm/ nounverb
4 letters1 syllable9 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
NOUN
1

The act of swimming.

“it was the swimming they enjoyed most”

“they took a short swim in the pool”

VERB
1

Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.

“the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy”

2

Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.

3

Be dizzy or giddy.

“my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne”

4

Move as if gliding through water.

“this snake swims through the soil where it lives”

5

Travel through water.

“We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore”

“a big fish was swimming in the tank”

WORD FORMS
Related formswimming
Related formswimmer
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Double word18 points
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