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Definitions for Nonswimmer

[1] to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
[2] to float on the surface of water or some other liquid.
[3] to move, rest, or be suspended in air as if swimming in water.
[4] to move, glide, or go smoothly over a surface.
[5] to be immersed or steeped in or overflowing or flooded with a liquid: eyes swimming with tears.
[6] to be dizzy or giddy; seem to whirl: My head began to swim.
[7] to move along in or cross (a body of water) by swimming: to swim a lake.
[8] to perform (a particular stroke) in swimming: to swim a sidestroke.
[9] to cause to swim or float, as on a stream.
[10] to furnish with sufficient water to swim or float.
[11] an act, instance, or period of swimming.
[12] a motion as of swimming; a smooth, gliding movement.
[13] in the swim , alert to or actively engaged in events; in the thick of things: Despite her age, she is still in the swim.
[14] a person who cannot swim
[15] (intr) to move along in water, etc, by means of movements of the body or parts of the body, esp the arms and legs, or (in the case of fish) tail and fins
[16] (tr) to cover (a distance or stretch of water) in this way
[17] (tr) to compete in (a race) in this way
[18] (intr) to be supported by and on a liquid; float
[19] (tr) to use (a particular stroke) in swimming
[20] (intr) to move smoothly, usually through air or over a surface
[21] (intr) to reel or seem to reel my head swam ; the room swam around me
[22] (intr; often foll by in or with) to be covered or flooded with water or other liquid
[23] (intr often foll by in ) to be liberally supplied (with) he's swimming in money
[24] (tr) to cause to float or swim
[25] (tr) to provide (something) with water deep enough to float in
[26] swim against the tide or swim against the stream to resist prevailing opinion
[27] swim with the tide or swim with the stream to conform to prevailing opinion
[28] the act, an instance, or period of swimming
[29] any graceful gliding motion
[30] a condition of dizziness; swoon
[31] a pool in a river good for fishing
[32] in the swim informal fashionable or active in social or political activities

Words nearby Nonswimmer

swimswiftie, swiftlet, swig, swiler, swill, swim, swim against the current, swim bladder, swim fin, swim mask, swim with the tide

Origin of Nonswimmer

swimbefore 900; Middle English swimmen, Old English swimman; cognate with Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen, Old Norse svimma

Other words from Nonswimmer

swim·ma·ble , adjective
swim·mer , noun
non·swim·mer , noun
out·swim , verb, out·swam, out·swum, out·swim·ming.

Word origin for Nonswimmer

swimOld English swimman; related to Old Norse svima, German schwimmen, Gothic swumsl pond, Norwegian svamla to paddle