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
- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume
flyte
I
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
II
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

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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