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Swimming Swim Liquid Surrounded Covered Swam Polished Large

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If something is s_______ in liquid or is swimming with liquid, it is surrounded by and covered with it.If something is swimming in liquid or is swimming with liquid, it is surrounded by and covered with it.
He polished off a large steak and broccoli swimming in thick sauce.
word swim
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verb
When you swim, you move through water by making movements with your arms and legs.
She learned to swim when she was really tiny.
I went round to Jonathan's to see if he wanted to go swimming.
He was rescued only when an exhausted friend swam ashore.
I swim a mile a day.
When can we go for a swim, Mam?
If you swim a race, you take part in a swimming race.
She swam the 200 metres semi-finals and came second.
If you swim a stretch of water, you keep swimming until you have crossed it.
In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel.
When a fish swims, it moves through water by moving its body.
The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.
If objects swim, they seem to be moving backwards and forwards, usually because you are ill .
Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn't breathe, the room swam.
If your head is swimming, you feel unsteady and slightly ill.
The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.
If something is swimming in liquid or is swimming with liquid, it is surrounded by and covered with it.
He polished off a large steak and broccoli swimming in thick sauce.
inflections swimsswimmingswamswum
cefr-level A1

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