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{
"term": "swim",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "swim",
"heSheIt": "swims"
},
"pastSimple": "swam",
"pastParticiple": "swum",
"ingForm": "swimming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to move through water by moving your arms and legs, without touching the bottom",
"sensetop": "swim something",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't swim."
},
{
"text": "The boys swam across the lake."
},
{
"text": "We swam out *(= away from land)* to the yacht."
},
{
"text": "They spent the day swimming and sunbathing."
},
{
"text": "I've only just learned to swim."
},
{
"text": "I have always found it easy to swim underwater."
},
{
"text": "They are too far out to swim to shore."
},
{
"text": "Can you swim backstroke yet?",
"contextForm": "swim something"
},
{
"text": "How long will it take her to swim the Channel?"
},
{
"text": "Exhausted, they swam ashore."
},
{
"text": "He can't swim well."
},
{
"text": "to swim in the sea"
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: water sports"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["strongly", "vigorously", "well"],
"verb + swim": ["can", "know how to", "learn (how) to"],
"preposition": ["across", "in", "to"],
"phrases": ["go swimming"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to spend time swimming for pleasure",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I go swimming twice a week."
},
{
"text": "We always went swimming together in our indoor pool."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["strongly", "vigorously", "well"],
"verb + swim": ["can", "know how to", "learn (how) to"],
"preposition": ["across", "in", "to"],
"phrases": ["go swimming"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move through or across water",
"sensetop": "swim + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sharks must swim or die."
},
{
"text": "A shoal of fish swam past.",
"contextForm": "swim + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "Ducks were swimming around on the river."
},
{
"text": "A beaver swam vigorously upstream."
}
],
"topics": ["Fish and shellfish"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["strongly", "vigorously", "well"],
"verb + swim": ["can", "know how to", "learn (how) to"],
"preposition": ["across", "in", "to"],
"phrases": ["go swimming"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to be covered with a lot of liquid",
"sensetop": "swim (in something)swim (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The main course was swimming in oil.",
"contextForm": "swim (in something)"
},
{
"text": "Her eyes were swimming with tears.",
"contextForm": "swim (with something)"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to seem to be moving around, especially when you are ill or drunk",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The pages swam before her eyes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to feel confused and/or as if everything is turning round and round",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His head swam and he swayed dizzily."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new students were just left to sink or swim."
},
{
"text": "In a situation like this, you either sink or swim."
}
],
"topics": ["Success", "Difficulty and failure"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/swɪm/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swim__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/swɪmz/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swims__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/swæm/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swam__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/swʌm/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swum__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɪmɪŋ/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swimming__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/swɪm/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swim__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/swɪmz/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swims__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/swæm/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swam__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/swʌm/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swum__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈswɪmɪŋ/",
"audio": "sw/swim/swimming__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English swimman (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwemmen and German schwimmen."
}