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Swim Pronunciation

Pronounce Swim as S W IY M.

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    Swim phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'swim'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of swim: /swɪm/
    • Modern IPA representation of swim: /swɪm/

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    List of meaning for swim

    to propel one’s body through water

    swimming, swim(verb)

    the act of swimming

    "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

    swim(verb)

    travel through water

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

    float, swim(verb)

    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

    swim(verb)

    be dizzy or giddy

    "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"

    swim, drown(verb)

    be covered with or submerged in a liquid

    "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

    swim(verb)

    move as if gliding through water

    "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"

    to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around

    his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job

    to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

    there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water

    a temporary state of unconsciousness

    the merest glimpse of blood sends him into a swim

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    swim in sentence

    1. A fish could not swim if it did not have its fins.

    2. In the pond, the small guppy flapped his tailfin back and forth to swim next to the bigger fish.

    3. You cannot swim without some means of propelling yourself.

    4. If it were not for the pool’s propinquity to my house, I would not be able to swim each day.

    5. The chaperon’s rules did not encumber the female members of the swim team from sneaking out of their hotel at night.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term swim

    I mean I’ll go and swim from time to time just to kind of decompress and get away, but I don’t miss the grind of that. I mean, it’s probably easier than doing what I’m doing now, i would say training for the Olympics is easier than living a normal life where I’m outside of the pool most of the time.

    – Michael Phelps

    It was not cheap, i was spending at least $400 a month on her team dues, suits, caps, goggles, swim meets, hotels, meals on the road. It was definitely a strain.

    – Barbara Hopewell of Palm Desert

    Sex is like swimming, i'm not so worried about adults who know how to swim. But where do 13-year-olds who want to learn about sex and start masturbating go ? They need to learn how to swim in a world of porn, because it's not going anywhere.

    – Ian Kerner

    They are mostly grazers in the upper 200 meters (yards) of the ocean, because they can swim in the water column, they can be transported by strong currents.

    – Linsey Sala

    Keyhole Canyon is a short, narrow slot canyon located on the east side of Zion National Park, a permit is required for traveling through Keyhole Canyon and individuals must complete several short rappels under 30 feet and swim through several pools of water.

    – National Park Service

    Also, take kids on bathroom breaks every hour, and check diapers in a diaper-changing area and not right next to the pool, we all share the water we swim in, but we don't want to share germs, pee or poop.

    – Michele Hlavsa

    In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.

    – Benjamin Franklin

    It was good to finally race and get a first swim under the belt, i think I was pretty much all on adrenaline so hopefully I can focus a little more tonight.

    – Russia American

    A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.

    – Andrew Schneider

    Its like if you were trying to swim against a current that was going faster than you could swim, youd feel like you were going forward, but you were really going back. And thats analogous to a photon in a black hole trying to get out of the black hole but being pulled by gravity the wrong way.

    – Jeff Steinhauer

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