swim
noun
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L328917 on Wikidata ↗verb
- move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means
- move with a motion like that of swimming
- feel dizzy
Wiktionary
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of someone who isn't me.
- Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
pron
- Someone who isn't me; someone who isn't myself
“SWIM would like to know how to grow marijuana.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English swime, sweme, swaime (“a dizziness, swoon, trance”), from Old English swīma (“a swoon, swimming in the head”). Cognate with Swedish svimma (“to swoon, faint”) and Danish svime (“to swoon, faint”) / Danish besvime (“to swoon, faint”).
- To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
“My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.”
“She snatched the letter from Sir Jasper, who started as her icy hand touched his: she attempted to read the passage herself, but the letters seemed to swim before her gaze: they turned to fire; the paper dropped from her grasp; a thick mist appeared to gather over the room; she gave a convulsive shudder, and dropped on the floor perfectly insensible.”