Found 2 items, similar to Swam.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: swam swim n : the act of swimming [syn: swimming] [also: swum, swimming, swam] swim v 1: travel through water; “We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore”; “a big fish was swimming in the tank” 2: be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink [syn: float] [ant: sink] [also: swum, swimming, swam] swam See swim
English → English (gcide) Definition: Swam Swam \Swam\, imp. of Swim. [1913 Webster] Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. Swamor Swum; p. p. Swum; p. pr. & vb. n. Swimming.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw. simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.] 1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed. [1913 Webster] 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. [1913 Webster] Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6. [1913 Webster] Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [1913 Webster] [They] now swim in joy. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]