Word

swim, v.
(swam, swimming, swims, swum)
freq. cnt. 13

travel through water
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

swim

sample sentences

"We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"
"a big fish was swimming in the tank"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
These men %s across the river
These men %s the river

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

swim swimming swimmer swimmer

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

bathe school fin, break water fin paddle crawl breaststroke backstroke dive

be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

float swim

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
These cars won't %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
These cars won't %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

floating float floater floater floatation flotation

antonym

sink

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

swim

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

verb group

float float

hyponym

buoy

move as if gliding through water
<verb.motion>

swim

sample sentences

"this snake swims through the soil where it lives"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

be covered with or submerged in a liquid
<verb.stative>

drown swim

sample sentences

"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

be dizzy or giddy
<verb.stative>

swim

sample sentences

"my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym