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langoy [lá.nguy.] : swim (v.)

Derivatives of langoy


Glosses:
swim
n. (act)1. swim, swimmingthe act of swimming.; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most"; "they took a short swim in the pool"
~ aquatics, water sportsports that involve bodies of water.
~ bathethe act of swimming.; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
~ skinny-dipa naked swim.
~ plunge, dipa brief swim in water.
~ dive, divinga headlong plunge into water.
~ floating, natationthe act of someone who floats on the water.
~ skin-dive, skin divingunderwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel.
v. (motion)2. swimtravel through water.; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
~ schoolswim in or form a large group of fish.; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
~ break water, finshow the fins above the water while swimming.; "The sharks were finning near the surface"
~ finpropel oneself through the water in a finning motion.
~ paddleswim like a dog in shallow water.
~ crawlswim by doing the crawl.; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
~ breaststrokeswim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg.
~ backstrokeswim on one's back.
~ skinny-dipbathe in the nude.; "The young people were skinny-dipping in the pond"
~ diveswim under water.; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
v. (motion)3. float, swimbe afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
~ floatmove lightly, as if suspended.; "The dancer floated across the stage"
~ floatset afloat.; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
~ buoyfloat on the surface of water.
v. (stative)4. swimbe dizzy or giddy.; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
v. (stative)5. drown, swimbe covered with or submerged in a liquid.; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
v. (motion)6. swimmove as if gliding through water.; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"