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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Brachiolaria :: Brachiolaria (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia..
Supernatant :: Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water..
Boat Bug :: Boat bug () An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman..
Hesperornis :: Hesperornis (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append..
Swimmeret :: Swimmer (n.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
Swimmer :: Swimbel (n.) A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.
Through :: Through (prep.) Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket..
Oared :: Oared (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Steganopodous :: Steganopodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others..
Tomopteris :: Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot..
Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
Guillemot :: Guillemot (n.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers..
Gymnocopa :: Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages..
Swooned :: Swom () imp. of Swim.
Aquatic :: Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls..
Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness..
Water Flea :: Water flea () Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts..
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..
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