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# swim

verb, noun (swim, swims, swam, swum, swimming)

«swim» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To swim means to move through water using your arms and legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#m1)
2. A swim is a time when you swim: go for a swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#m2)
3. Fish swim using their fins and tails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#m3)
4. «My head is swimming» means you feel dizzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#m4)

### In the lessons

Maths: an action with distance, laps or time (swim 10 laps, swim for 30 minutes); laps or meters per day is a rate. Sport: swimming lessons, swimming pool, strokes like front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke. Safety: swim only where a lifeguard can see you, between the flags, never alone.

### Examples

- Lily swims 8 laps each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x1)
- He swam 200 meters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x2)
- They swim for 45 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x3)
- How many laps did she swim in a week? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x4)
- Always swim between the red and yellow flags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x5)
- Fish swim in schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x6)
- We go for a swim after school on Fridays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x7)
- I learned to swim when I was five. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x8)
- “Shall we swim or fly, Peter?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/#x9)

### Note

Irregular: swim, swam, swum; doubles the m: swimming, swimmer. The action of the story; laps or meters per day is a rate, so the total is days × laps. Trap: a lap may be one length or there and back; read the problem.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition sees the floating iron axe-head as a miracle done by the prophet Elisha. In the primary lessons: Maths: an action with distance, laps or time (swim 10 laps, swim for 30 minutes); laps or meters per day is a rate. Sport: swimming lessons, swimming pool, strokes like front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke. Safety: swim only where a lifeguard can see you, between the flags, never alone.

### Examples

- And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim. (Prophets 2KI.6.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swim/#x1)
- I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears. (Writings PSA.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swim/#x2)
- Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. (Prophets EZK.47.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swim/#x3)

### Note

Irregular: swim, swam, swum; doubles the m: swimming, swimmer. The action of the story; laps or meters per day is a rate, so the total is days × laps. Trap: a lap may be one length or there and back; read the problem.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «swim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swim.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «swim» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«swim» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/swim.html) on Mova free.