Swim can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" | ||
| swim - move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| swim - be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy" | ||
| swim - be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne" | ||
| swim - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom | ||
Noun |
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| swim - An act or instance of swimming. |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore. | |
| 2. | verb | There is no escape from the collective ocean we all swim in. | |
| 3. | verb | Can you swim as fast as he? | |
| 4. | verb | You can swim, can't you? | |
| 5. | verb | Can you swim? | |
| 6. | verb | You can't swim, can you? | |
| 7. | verb | Can you swim across the river? | |
| 8. | verb | I'll tell you how to swim. | |
| 9. | verb | You may swim now. | |
| 10. | verb | It is dangerous for you to swim in this river. | |
| 11. | verb | The Sumida is not a good river for us to swim in any more. | |
| 12. | verb | With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing to do but swim. | |
| 13. | verb | A fish can swim. | |
| 14. | verb | I can no more swim than a fish can walk. | |
| 15. | verb | It was not until last summer that my oldest son learned to swim. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore. |
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| There is no escape from the collective ocean we all swim in. |
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| Can you swim as fast as he? | |
| You can swim, can't you? | |
| Can you swim? | |
| You can't swim, can you? | |
| Can you swim across the river? | |
| I'll tell you how to swim. | |
| You may swim now. | |
| It is dangerous for you to swim in this river. | |
| The Sumida is not a good river for us to swim in any more. | |
| With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing to do but swim. | |
| A fish can swim. | |
| I can no more swim than a fish can walk. | |
| It was not until last summer that my oldest son learned to swim. | |