swimmer

Definition of swimmer in English English dictionary: {n} one who swims or can swim; A swimmer is a person who swims, especially for sport or pleasure, or a person who is swimming. You don't have to worry about me. I'm a good swimmer. a someone who swims well, often as a competitor good/strong swimmer; a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer" a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer; a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer; One who swims; a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer"; {i} one who propels himself through water using the arms and/or legs; A protuberance on the leg of a horse; A swimming bird; one of the natatores; a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer"
blue swimmer crab: an edible crab, Portunus pelagicus, found in inshore waters of southern Queensland, Australia
side swimmer: An amphipod, Hyalella azteca, indigenous to the Everglades
swim: An act or instance of swimming
I'm going for a swim.
swim: To float
Sink or swim.
synchronized swimmer: Someone who practices synchronized swimming
swim: To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river
swim: The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming
swim: The sound, or air bladder, of a fish
swim: {n} the bladder of fishes
swim: {v} to float or move on water, glide, flow, be dixxy
swim: Fig
swim: the act of swimming
swim: To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed
swim: 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
swim: To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means
swim: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank
swim: sink or swim: see sink
swim: If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race. She swam the 400 metres medley ten seconds slower than she did in 1980
swim: An instance of swimming; the act of swimming
swim: If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill. The musty aroma of incense made her head swim. = spin
swim: To be filled with swimming animals
swim: used to describe the progress of a ship through the water A ship would "swimme well" or "swimme ill", according to her speed under sail Matthew Baker has some of his original designs depicting fish as hulls preserved in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge
swim: To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event
swim: {i} instance of swimming; period of time spent swimming
swim: If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it. In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel
swim: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
swim: be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
swim: If objects swim, they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill. Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn't breathe, the room swam
swim: Slow, graceful, undesired movements of display elements, groups, or images about their mean position on a display surface, such as that of a monitor Note 1: Swim can be followed by the human eye, whereas jitter usually appears as a blur Note 2: Jitter, swim, wander, and drift have increasing periods of variation in that order
swim: A part of a stream much frequented by fish
swim: To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims
swim: To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail
swim: To be overflowed or drenched
swim: To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream
swim: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid
swim: When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs. She learned to swim when she was really tiny I went round to Jonathan's to see if he wanted to go swimming He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore I swim a mile a day. Swim is also a noun. When can we go for a swim, Mam?
swim: Senior Women in Management
swim: {f} propel oneself through water using the arms and legs; float on the surface of a liquid; be flooded with, be immersed in; appear to spin or whirl; feel dizzy; cause to move through the water
swim: When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body. The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream
swimmers: plural of swimmer