Meaning

6 senses

  1. An act or instance of swimming.

    I'm going for a swim.

    She had a quick swim in the bay.

    Schwimmen

    плытьplytʹ

    the act of swimming

  2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

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

  4. 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.

  5. (figuratively)The flow of events; being in the swim of things.

  6. A dizziness; swoon.

Examples

5154 sentences

  1. Have you ever seen him swimming?

    Ти колись бачила, як він плаває? — Ahha

    ruТы когда-нибудь видела, как он плавает? — al_ex_an_der

    deHast du ihn schon schwimmen sehen? — MikeDee

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  2. Do you feel like going swimming?

    Хочеш піти поплавати? — deniko

    deHast du Lust, schwimmen zu gehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I am very tired from swimming.

    Я дуже втомився плавати. — deniko

    ruЯ очень устал от плавания. — Olya

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  4. I enjoyed swimming in the river.

    Мені сподобалося плавати в річці. — deniko

    ruЯ наслаждался плаванием в реке. — odexed

    deEs hat mir Spaß gemacht, im Fluss zu schwimmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. We like swimming in the ocean.

    Ми любимо плавати в океані. — deniko

    ruМы любим плавать в океане. — Hellerick

    deWir schwimmen gern im Meer. — samueldora

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act or instance of swimming:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act or instance of swimming:

Origin

From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong

From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”).

From Middle English swime, sweme, swaime (“a dizziness, swoon, trance”), from Old English swīma (“a swoon, swimming in the head”). Cognate with Swedish svimma (“to swoon, faint”) and Danish svime (“to swoon, faint”) / Danish besvime (“to swoon, faint”).

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Forms

plural: swims
Singularswim
Pluralswims

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

26 related words
Derivedmidswimpostswimpreswimswimathonswimbaitswim bladderswim briefsswimcapswim capswim diaperswim finswim-inswim laneswimlineswimmateswim meetswim nappyswim-offswim platformswim ringswimrunswimshirtswimshortsswim trunks

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go swimming
  • to go swimming
  • how to swim
  • go swimming with
  • swimming in the
  • swim across the
  • can't swim
  • swim very well
  • swim across
  • swimming pool
  • able to swim
  • swim as well

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swigswillswimmerB1swimsuitA2swindle

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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