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noun the act of swimming; :
verb travel through water
verb be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
originEtymology tree English swim Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English swimming From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
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