swim

1. (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount
Related Words: bulldog, defeat, overcome

2. (verb) travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"
Related Words: break water, crawl, dive, fin, go, locomote, move, paddle, skinny dip, travel

3. (noun) the act of swimming
Synonyms: swimming
Related Words: aquatics, bathe, dip, dive, diving, plunge, skin diving, skin-dive, water sport

4. (verb) be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
Synonyms: float
Related Words: buoy, go, locomote, move, travel



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