Swim
noun
- 1.
- (an act spell of swimming. -swim bladder a gas filled sac in the body cavity of most bony fishes. -in the swim active in the main current of affairs) ហែលទឹកលេង
Example: The boys could not swim the river, the balloon went swimming through the air.swimming bath អាងហែលទឹកសង់ក្នុងអាគារធំៗ
verb — past tense: Swam ; past participle: Swum ; present participle: Swimming ; 3rd person singular present Swims
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to propel the body through water by movements of the limbs or fins or tail, etc, to cross by swimming, to move along smoothly, to float on or be immersed in a liquid, to overflow) fish swim ហែល, objects swim on the surface អណ្ដែត, eyes swim with tears ជោរជល់ My head is swimming ខ្ញុំវិលក្បុង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to move in or across by swimming, to perform in swarming) swim the river ហែលឆ្លង, swim a boat ធ្វើអោយអណ្ដែតឡើង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- 2.
- The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
- 3.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
verb — past tense: Swam ; past participle: Swum ; present participle: Swimming ; 3rd person singular present Swims
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be overflowed or drenched.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) 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.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
- 5.
- (FIGURATIVE) (INTRANSITIVE) To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be filled with swimming animals.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
- 9.
- (TRANSITIVE) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.