- 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, bade2) (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).) svømme3) (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 en2. 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-costumeflyteIsubst. \/swɪm\/1) svømming, svømmetur, bad2) (god) fiskeplass3) glidende gange, glidende bevegelsebe in the swim være i begivenhetenes sentrum, være med der det skjerbe out of the swim ikke være med på notene lenger, stå på sidelinjengo for a swim gå og badehave\/take a swim svømme, ta en svømmetur• we had a swim after lunchvi svømte etter lunsjput someone in the swim innvie noen i sakenIIverb (swam - swum) \/swɪm\/1) svømme, svømme over, svømme gjennom• he decided to swim the English Channelhan bestemte seg for å svømme over Den engelske kanal2) (også overført) (få til å) flyte• bubbles swam on the surfacebobler fløt på overflaten3) bli oversvømt, flomme over4) (også overført) svømme, velte seg• meat balls swimming in gravykjøttboller som svømmer i saus• she's swimming in moneyhun velter seg i penger5) (også overført) gli, sveve, seile• a cloud swam across the moonen sky gled over månengo swimming gå og bade, ta en svømmeturone's eyes swim det flimrer for øynene (på en)one's head swims det svimler for ensink or swim (la det) bære eller bristeswim with the stream eller swim with the tide (overført) følge (med) strømmen• he always swam with the tidehan fulgte alltid med strømmen
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.