To move through or on top of water by moving the limbs, fins, or tail or by undulating the body, To experience a floating or giddy sensation; be dizzy, To execute (a particular stroke) in swimming, transitive verb_ To pass or move over or on by swimming, To cause or compel to swim; to make to float, To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float, noun_ The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming, The act of swimming; period or extent of swimming_ as, to take a swim, A distance covered by or period of time spent swimming