{
    "term": "swim",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "swim",
            "heSheIt": "swims"
        },
        "pastSimple": "swam",
        "pastParticiple": "swum",
        "ingForm": "swimming"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move through water by moving your arms and legs, without touching the bottom",
            "sensetop": "swim something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't swim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boys swam across the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We swam out *(= away from land)* to the yacht."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spent the day swimming and sunbathing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've only just learned to swim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have always found it easy to swim underwater."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are too far out to swim to shore."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you swim backstroke yet?",
                    "contextForm": "swim something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How long will it take her to swim the Channel?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exhausted, they swam ashore."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He can't swim well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to swim in the sea"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: water sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["strongly", "vigorously", "well"],
                "verb + swim": ["can", "know how to", "learn (how) to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "in", "to"],
                "phrases": ["go swimming"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to spend time swimming for pleasure",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I go swimming twice a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We always went swimming together in our indoor pool."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["strongly", "vigorously", "well"],
                "verb + swim": ["can", "know how to", "learn (how) to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "in", "to"],
                "phrases": ["go swimming"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move through or across water",
            "sensetop": "swim + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sharks must swim or die."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A shoal of fish swam past.",
                    "contextForm": "swim + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ducks were swimming around on the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A beaver swam vigorously upstream."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Fish and shellfish"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["strongly", "vigorously", "well"],
                "verb + swim": ["can", "know how to", "learn (how) to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "in", "to"],
                "phrases": ["go swimming"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to be covered with a lot of liquid",
            "sensetop": "swim (in something)swim (with something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The main course was swimming in oil.",
                    "contextForm": "swim (in something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes were swimming with tears.",
                    "contextForm": "swim (with something)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to seem to be moving around, especially when you are ill or drunk",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The pages swam before her eyes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to feel confused and/or as if everything is turning round and round",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His head swam and he swayed dizzily."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new students were just left to sink or swim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a situation like this, you either sink or swim."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success", "Difficulty and failure"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɪm/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swim__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɪmz/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swims__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swæm/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swam__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swʌm/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swum__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɪmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swimming__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɪm/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swim__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swɪmz/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swims__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swæm/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swam__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/swʌm/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swum__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈswɪmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sw/swim/swimming__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English swimman (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwemmen and German schwimmen."
}