swim

verb12

1. •
   to move along in water using the arms, legs or tail, without touching the bottom

   • We were now all upon a Level, as to our travelling; being unshipp’d, for our Bark would swim no farther, and she was too heavy to carry on our Backs […] — 1720
2. •
   To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.

   • For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.
   • I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.
3. •
   To cause to swim.

   • Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.
4. •
   To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.

   • My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
5. •
   To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
6. •
   To be overflowed or drenched.

   • I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. — 1611
7. •
   To have a great quantity of something.

   • You should be swimming in money after this job.
8. •
   To move around freely because of excess space.

   • A fam'd Sur-tout he wears, which once was blue, And his foot swims in a capacious shoe. — 1777
9. •
   To glide along with a waving motion.
10. •
    To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.

    • to swim wheat in order to select seed
11. •
    (historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
12. •
    (no longer used) To float.

    • There's oil swimming on the water.

noun7

1. •
   An act or instance of swimming.

   • I'm going for a swim.
   • She had a quick swim in the bay.
2. •
   (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.

   • With the road ahead now clear, Mann […] is plunging back into the swim of business in a hurry. — 1948
3. •
   A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.

   • C'mon everybody! C'mon in! Bobby's goin' to show you how to do the swim. — 1964
4. •
   A dizziness; swoon.
5. •
   (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
6. •
   The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
7. •
   (Internet) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.

pronoun1

1. •
   (Internet) Someone who isn't me; someone who isn't myself

   • SWIM would like to know how to grow marijuana.