swam
Moved through water
Swam is the past tense of swim.
It describes movement through water using bodily motion: She swam across the lake.
Figuratively, things can swim when they seem to move fluidly or blur: The room swam before his eyes.
My head swam with possibilities.
Without prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- breaststrokeArms circle, legs splay
- crawlMove slowly, low
sidestroke · dogpaddle · medley · laps · drill · technique · rhythm · pace
Touched with gentle motion
- glidedMoved without apparent effort
- paddledMoved boat manually
- kickedStruck with foot
- divedSubmerged oneself deliberately
splashed · floated · propelled · treaded · waded · bobbed · submerged · surfaced
Collective fund or basin
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- pondSmall still body
sea · lagoon · bay · creek · reservoir · quarry · waterhole · lido
freestyle
Without prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- breaststrokeArms circle, legs splay
crawl · sidestroke · dogpaddle · medley · laps · drill · technique · rhythm · pace · endurance
stroked
Touched with gentle motion
dived · splashed · floated · propelled · treaded · waded · bobbed · submerged · surfaced · plunged
pool
Collective fund or basin
pond · sea · lagoon · bay · creek · reservoir · quarry · waterhole · lido · cenote
goggles
Sealed protective eyewear
kickboard · snorkel · fins · towel · noseclip · earplugs · paddleboard · wetsuit · lane · rope
childhood
Life's earliest phase
beach · vacation · youth · reminiscence · nostalgia · carefree · splashing · sunburn · lifeguard · poolside
swamsank
Went down, as ships
drowned · went under · submerged · foundered · floundered
- swam upstreamPropelled against current