Definition of swim

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Swim (v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

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Glaucus :: Glaucus (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white..
Setireme :: Setireme (n.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
Oar-footed :: Oar-footed (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Water Buck :: Water buck () A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc..
Swan :: Swan (n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death..
Natatorial :: Natatorial (a.) Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds..
Swimming :: Swimming (n.) The act of one who swims.
Remiped :: Remiped (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.
Flipper :: Flipper (n.) A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc..
Scud :: Scud (n.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Sea Bird :: Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
Pluteus :: Pluteus (n.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods..
Swimmer :: Swimmer (n.) One who swims.
Anseres :: Anseres (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc..
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail..
Pulmograde :: Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae..
Vadantes :: Vadantes (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds..
Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Medusa :: Medusa (n.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
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