<p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.</li><li>To float on the surface of water or some other liquid.</li><li>To move, rest, or be suspended in air as if swimming in water.</li><li>To move, glide, or go smoothly over a surface.</li><li>To be immersed or steeped in or overflowing or flooded with a liquid: eyes swimming with tears.</li><li>To be dizzy or giddy; seem to whirl: My head began to swim.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to move along in or cross (a body of water) by swimming: to swim a lake.</li><li>To perform (a particular stroke) in swimming: to swim a sidestroke.</li><li>To cause to swim or float, as on a stream.</li><li>To furnish with sufficient water to swim or float.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act, instance, or period of swimming.</li><li>A motion as of swimming; a smooth, gliding movement.</li></ul>