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(1):

(v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.

(2):

(v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

(3):

(v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.

(6):

(v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

(7):

(v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

(8):

(n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.

(9):

(n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

(10):

(n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

(11):

(v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

(12):

(v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Swim'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/swim.html. 1828.
 
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