swim Signification, définition

Signification de swim en français

• 0 (of a person or animal) to move through water -- nager

  • Do you know how to swim? Savez-vous nager ?

  • She swam the width of the river. Elle a traversé la rivière en largeur à la nage.

  • A fish/goose swam by. un poisson / une oie nageait à côté.

  • I like to swim side stroke. J’aime nager la brasse indienne.

• 1 to have too much liquid in or on -- nager/baigner dans

  • pasta swimming in sauce des pâtes qui nagent/baignent dans la sauce

• 2 (of a place) to seem to be turning or moving because you are sick, tired, etc. -- tourner

  • The room was swimming around her. La pièce tournait autour d’elle.

• 3 to have a strange confused or sick feeling in your head -- qqn a la tête qui tourne

  • My head was swimming with all the numbers. J’avais la tête qui tournait avec tous ces nombres.

• 4 an act of swimming -- baignade [ feminine ]

  • to go for a swim aller se baigner

• 5 to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc -- nager

  • The children aren’t allowed to go sailing until they’ve learnt to swim

  • I’m going / I’ve been swimming

  • She swam to the shore

  • They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.

• 6 to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming -- nager

  • He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool

  • She can’t swim a stroke (= at all).

• 7 to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc -- tourner

  • His head was swimming

  • Everything began to swim before his eyes.

• 8 an act of swimming -- nage

  • We went for a swim in the lake.