swim

1. (intransitive)To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.

   schwimmen

   пла́ватьplávatʹ, плытьplytʹ

   пла́ватиplávaty, попла́ватиpoplávaty, плисти́plystý

   move as if gliding through water

2. (intransitive)To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.

   swimming in self-pity

   a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce

   be covered with or submerged in a liquid

3. (intransitive)To move around freely because of excess space.

4. (transitive)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.

5. (transitive, uncommon)To cause to swim.

   to swim a horse across a river

   Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.

6. (intransitive)To be overflowed or drenched.

7. (transitive)To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.

   to swim wheat in order to select seed

8. (historical, transitive)To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.

9. (intransitive)To glide along with a waving motion.

10. (intransitive)To have a great quantity of something.

    You should be swimming in money after this job.

11. (intransitive)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.

    be dizzy or giddy

12. (archaic, intransitive)To float.

    sink or swim

    There's oil swimming on the water.

1. Have you ever seen him swimming?

   Ти колись бачила, як він плаває?

   ruТы когда-нибудь видела, как он плавает?

   deHast du ihn schon schwimmen sehen?

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2. Do you feel like going swimming?

   Хочеш піти поплавати?

   deHast du Lust, schwimmen zu gehen?

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3. I am very tired from swimming.

   Я дуже втомився плавати.

   ruЯ очень устал от плавания.

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4. I enjoyed swimming in the river.

   Мені сподобалося плавати в річці.

   ruЯ наслаждался плаванием в реке.

   deEs hat mir Spaß gemacht, im Fluss zu schwimmen.

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5. We like swimming in the ocean.

   Ми любимо плавати в океані.

   ruМы любим плавать в океане.

   deWir schwimmen gern im Meer.

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