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noun

Swimming n. The act of one who swims.

Swimming n. Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.

verb

Swim v. t. (past swam; past part. swum; pres. part. swimming)

To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. "Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main."

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

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

Swim v. i. (past swam; past part. swum; pres. part. swimming)

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.

To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. "Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point."

To be overflowed or drenched. "Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim."

Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. "(They) now swim in joy."

To be filled with swimming animals. (Obs.) "(Streams) that swim full of small fishes."

adjective

Swimming adj.

That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.

Swimming bell (Zool.), a nectocalyx.

Swimming crab (Zool.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family Protunidae, which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.

Swimming adj. Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

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... rather irruptions, inroads, or, what are called, raids, than a proper conquest and occupation of the countries which have been their victims. They would go forward, 200,000 of them at once, at the rate of 100 miles a day, swimming the rivers, galloping over the plains, intoxicated with the excitement of air and speed, as if it were a fox-chase, or full of pride and fury at the reverses which set them in motion; seeking indeed their fortunes, but seeking them on no plan; like a flight of locusts, or a swarm of angry wasps ...

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— The Rise of David Levinsky • Abraham Cahan

... great precaution. The inhabitants of the Mamelles assert that it devours young crocodiles. This species seems to be the same as that which frequents the banks of the Nile. It grows to the length of four feet and uses its tail in swimming. ...

— Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 • J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard

... disconcerted than I am at the present moment. I would go on to B——'s as if nothing had happened; and put up with the inconvenience of swimming the river in the morning. In the meantime, though I was well splashed, all the things in my pockets were dry. I particularly congratulated myself on the good fortune of having been so close to the root at the Royal ...

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