To float on or in water or other fluid.To move on or in water by natural means of locomotion, as an animal, many of which can so move, though the water be not their natural element, and swimming not their habit.Hence, to move or be propelled on or through water by any means.To glide with a smooth motion, literally or figuratively.To be flooded; be overflowed or drenched.To overflow; abound; have abundance.To pass or cross by swimming; move on or in by swimming: as, to swim a stream.To immerse in water, that the lighter parts may swim: as, to swim wheat for seed.To cause to swim or float: as, to swim a horse across a river.To furnish with sufficient depth of water to swim in.n. The act of swimming; period or extent of swimming: as, to take a swim.n. A smooth swaying gliding motion.n. The sound or swimming-bladder of a fish.n. A part of a stream, or other piece of water, deep and free from rocks and other obstructions, and much frequented by fish.n. A dizziness; swoon.To be dizzy or vertiginous; have giddiness; have a sensation as if the head were turning round; also, to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion: as, everything swam before his eyes.In cricket, to curve in the air: said of the ball.