Definition of swim

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Swim (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed..

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Totipalmi :: Totipalmi (n.pl.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
Doliolum :: Doliolum (n.) A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations..
Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming..
Lucifer :: Lucifer (n.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages..
Scup :: Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug..
Oared :: Oared (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
Mill :: Mill (v. i.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.
Swim :: Swimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swi.
Supernatant :: Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water..
Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism..
Swim :: Swim (n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish..
Natatorious :: Natatorious (a.) Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects.
Water Mite :: Water mite () Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider..
Swan :: Swan (n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death..
Swimming :: Swimming (n.) The act of one who swims.
Transnatation :: Transnatation (n.) The act of swimming across, as a river..
Swinck :: Swimmingness (n.) Act or state of swimming; suffusion.
Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..
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