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The Meaning of swim
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(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.
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(v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
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(v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
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(v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
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(v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.
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(v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
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(v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
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(v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
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(n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
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(n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
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(n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
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(v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
Rhymes
bihm
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brim
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brimm
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chimb
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clim
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crim
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crimm
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dim
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flim
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forelimb
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grim
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grimm
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grimme
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gym
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haradim
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him
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hymn
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imm
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jim
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kibbutzim
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kim
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kimm
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klim
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klym
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krim
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kym
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lim
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limb
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mckim
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mim
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patronym
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pimm
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prelim
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prim
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primm
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pseudonym
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pymm
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rim
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shim
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sim
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simm
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skim
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slim
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synonym
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timm
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timme
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trim
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trimm
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vim
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whim
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yim
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zim