swimming

noun

The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.

1. The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.

   the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking

1. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
2. To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid

   a bare few bits of meat swimming in watery sauce

3. To move around freely because of excess space.
4. To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.

   For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.

5. To cause to swim.

   Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.

6. To float.

   sink or swim

7. To be overflowed or drenched.
8. To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.

   to swim wheat in order to select seed

9. To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
10. To glide along with a waving motion.

1. To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.

   My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.