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swimming

n. the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

travel through water

v. travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

float, be afloat

v. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink

master, subdue, get over, overcome, surmount

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

spin, whirl, reel, gyrate, spin around

v. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

glide, fly a glider

v. fly in or as if in a glider plane

hover, hang in the air

v. hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

flit, flutter, dart, fleet

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

poise

v. be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"

sail

v. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"

bob, move up and down

v. move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back"

stream, float in the wind

v. to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"

plane, skim

v. travel on the surface of water

soar, zoom, surge, soar up, soar upwards, rise rapidly

v. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

spiral, corkscrew

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

soar, fly upwards

v. fly upwards or high in the sky

overwhelm, overpower, overmaster

v. overcome by superior force

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

beat, conquer, overcome

v. as of handicaps, illnesses, etc.; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"

triumph, prevail

v. prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

go, get, become, come, come out

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

sink, settle, go down, go under

v. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

founder

v. sink below the surface

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