(v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
(v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
(v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
(v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
(v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.
(v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
(v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
(v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
(n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
(n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
(n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
(v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
Example Sentences:
(1) Over the years the farm dams filled less frequently while the suburbs crept further into the countryside, their swimming pools oblivious to the great drying.
(2) Small and medium fish swim up when stressed, whereas larger fish swim down.
(3) All these animals have been taking the same daily swimming training, during 15 days before the injection of labelled molecules.
(4) When the organisms are free-swimming this is seen as the reversed locomotion of Jennings' "avoiding reaction."
(5) Low concentrations of cercaricides are toxic both for cercariae and parthenites from the liver of mollusks and for freely swimming cercariae.
(6) A comparison was made between the Q's estimated by the CO2 rebreathing method during tethered swimming and previously published data on Q determined by the dye-dilution method during free swimming in a flune.
(7) The maximal swimming time in the water (33--34 degrees C) with an additional load of 3 per cent of body weight failed to increase after 5 weeks of training in the animals to which dexamethasome was infected.
(8) The cardiac TG concentration was back to control levels by the 2nd h after the swim.
(9) Further the results of a test under practical conditions in a swimming pool are shown and the possibility to discriminate different types of waters by their chlorine demand under constant-titration.
(10) Addition of hydrocortisone, prednisolone and corticosterone into the medium as well as in vivo administration of these increased the adrenaline synthesis in swimming rats and did not alter it in intact rats.
(11) We confirmed that swimming activity is induced reversibly following exposure of the nerve cord to 5-HT (50 microM); the half-maximal rate of swimming activity develops in about 15 min.
(12) Thirty-eight female Wistar rats were randomly assigned to one of three groups: run-trained (RUN), swim-trained (SWIM) or control (CON).
(13) All motoneuron firing during fictive swimming is associated with a tonic depolarization that falls away slowly once firing stops, is increased by hyperpolarizing current, and is reduced by depolarizing current.
(14) The chemotactic receptor-transducer proteins of Escherichia coli are responsible for directing the swimming behavior of cells by signaling for either straight swimming or tumbling in response to chemostimuli.
(15) Eukaryotic ribosomes were isolated from the cryptobiotic embryos and from the further-developed free-swimming nauplii of the brine shrimp Artemia salina.
(16) The purpose of this study was to determine whether a chronic swimming program could reverse the decreased cardiac function and altered myosin biochemistry found in hearts of rats with established renal hypertension.
(17) The activity of hexobarbital oxidase in vivo was found to be higher in rats forced to swim regularly (sleeping time studies).
(18) An echocardiographic evaluation of 77 members of a championship childhood swim team showed dimensional variations from normal in most athletes.
(19) There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys, how's the water?"
(20) VO2 in both styles curvilinearly increased with swimming velocity, and these relationships were well fitted for the regression equation of the second order (Br: y = 3.84625x2 - 1.95914x + 1.310463,r2 = 0.999 (p < 0.05), Fr: y = 3.233446x2 - 2.28136x + 1.611524, r2 = 0.979 (p < 0.05)).
Swimmer
Definition:
(n.) One who swims.
(n.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
(n.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
Example Sentences:
(1) Female and male basketball players and female and male swimmers gained significant amounts of fat-free weight (2.0, 1.6, 2.4, and 1.8 kg, respectively).
(2) These results suggest that the assessment of submaximal and maximal VO2 during backstroke swimming may be of value in the training and testing programs of competitive swimmers.
(3) Three of the swimmers were unable to tolerate the increased training load, and they did the same distance at slower speeds.
(4) However, the research shows that the great majority of free swimmers were swimming already, and would have paid to swim anyway.
(5) The results suggest that on average the better swimmer distinguishes himself from the poorer one by a greater distance per stroke rather than a higher stroke frequency.
(6) In April 1986, approximately 30 people, including a swimming coach, lifeguards, and competitive swimmers ranging in age from 5 to 12 years old, were exposed to heavy concentrations of chlorine gas at a large indoor swimming pool.
(7) Based on a single 20-s recovery VO2, the swimmers' VO2 max was correlated with performance in a 400-yd (365.8-m) front crawl swim.
(8) Physiological and anthropometric profiles of a group of successful young swimmers are presented.
(9) It concluded a busy first day in the pool for British swimmers, with Adam Peaty breaking his own world record in the heats of the 100m breaststroke.
(10) Mean VO2 of the males at a given v was significantly higher than that of the female swimmers, but the slopes of the regression lines were identical.
(11) The main nutrition consideration during the all-day meet is fluid replacement, and swimmers should be encouraged to drink ample water, especially when in a hot environment.
(12) Twelve male swimmers were studied psychologically before, during, and after 10 d of increased training.
(13) I know a little about the jellyfishes of Australia because when I worked there for the Guardian, poisonous species such as the box jellyfish would occasionally kill a luckless swimmer off the tropical north coast.
(14) The purposes of this study were to collect information regarding the dietary habits of male and female age-group swimmers and report the energy consumptions of these athletes in relation to their daily training demands.
(15) The first group (G I) included 13 subjects in wheelchairs, the second group (G II) 10 subjects walking with technical aids, and the third group (G III) 11 swimmers with disabilities walking without any help.
(16) Swimmers experienced respiratory ailments most frequently, followed by gastrointestinal, eye, ear, skin, and allergenic symptoms, respectively.
(17) The flagella of swimmer and swarmer cells are composed of the same flagellin protein.
(18) We studied 12 Caucasian intercollegiate volleyball players (V), nine basketball players (B), ten swimmers (S), and 13 non-athletes (N) with bone density measurements by photon absorptiometry of their calcaneus and lumbar spine (L2-L4).
(19) Sweating sensitivity has been evaluated at rest in 10 competitive athletes (cross-country skiers and swimmers).
(20) Fish and turtles use relatively less and most surface swimmers slightly more energy than the other submerged swimmers; man and mink are poorly adapted to swimming.