swim

swim: swim 1. present participle - swimming; verb
1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) svømme, dra ut og svømme, bade

2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) svømme

3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) svimle/gå rundt for en
2. noun
(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) svømming; svømmetur, bad

- swimmer
- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume

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subst. \/swɪm\/

1) svømming, svømmetur, bad

2) (god) fiskeplass

3) glidende gange, glidende bevegelse

be in the swim være i begivenhetenes sentrum, være med der det skjer

be out of the swim ikke være med på notene lenger, stå på sidelinjen

go for a swim gå og bade

have\/take a swim svømme, ta en svømmetur

• we had a swim after lunch

vi svømte etter lunsj

put someone in the swim innvie noen i saken
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verb (swam - swum) \/swɪm\/

1) svømme, svømme over, svømme gjennom

• he decided to swim the English Channel

han bestemte seg for å svømme over Den engelske kanal

2) (også overført) (få til å) flyte

• bubbles swam on the surface

bobler fløt på overflaten

3) bli oversvømt, flomme over

4) (også overført) svømme, velte seg

• meat balls swimming in gravy

kjøttboller som svømmer i saus

• she's swimming in money

hun velter seg i penger

5) (også overført) gli, sveve, seile

• a cloud swam across the moon

en sky gled over månen

go swimming gå og bade, ta en svømmetur

one's eyes swim det flimrer for øynene (på en)

one's head swims det svimler for en

sink or swim (la det) bære eller briste

swim with the stream eller swim with the tide (overført) følge (med) strømmen

• he always swam with the tide

han fulgte alltid med strømmen

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Synonyms:

Float, be borne up (on a liquid) / Be borne along (as on water, by a current), float with the tide / Propel one's self through the water, buffet the waves / Glide, skim / Be flooded, be inundated / Be dizzy (as the head) / Overflow, abound, have abundance

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