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1 swim
n. simning--------v. simma; flyta* * *[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) simma2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) simma3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) gå runt, snurra, gunga2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) simtur- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
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2 upstream
adj. som går mot strömmen--------adv. uppför strömmen* * *adverb (towards the upper part or source of a stream, river etc: Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs.) uppströms
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