Definition of swim

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Swim (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..

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Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha..
Gymnocopa :: Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages..
Diphyozooid :: Diphyozooid (n.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.
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..
Natatorium :: Natatorium (n.) A swimming bath.
Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
Pulmograde :: Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae..
Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.
Water Mouse :: Water mouse () Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodents found in Australia..
Swimmer :: Swimmer (n.) One who swims.
Ostracoidea :: Ostracoidea (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about..
Swim :: Swim (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..
Totipalmi :: Totipalmi (n.pl.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
Swimmer :: Swimmer (n.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
Cilia :: Cilia (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora..
Scud :: Scud (n.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
Gymnophthalmata :: Gymnophthalmata (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids..
Down :: Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound..
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