(n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
(n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
(n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
(v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
(v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
(v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.
(v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
(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.
(v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
(v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
(v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
(v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.