swim
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of swimming
it was the swimming they enjoyed most
Types & categories
- water sport hypernym
- bathe hyponym
- skinny-dip hyponym
- plunge hyponym
- dive hyponym
- floating hyponym
- skin diving hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
travel through water
We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore
Types & categories
- move hypernym
- school hyponym
- break water hyponym
- fin hyponym
- paddle hyponym
- crawl hyponym
- breaststroke hyponym
- backstroke hyponym
- skinny-dip hyponym
- dive hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be dizzy or giddy
my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 5 verb
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 6 verb
move as if gliding through water
this snake swims through the soil where it lives
Types & categories
- move hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swim |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swim |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | water sport |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bathe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skinny-dip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plunge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skin diving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swimming |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bather |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swimmer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | school |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break water |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | paddle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crawl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | breaststroke |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backstroke |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skinny-dip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dive |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | go under |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | swimming |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | floating |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | float |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | floater |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | floater |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flotation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | float |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | float |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buoy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |