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For the verb: "to swim"

Simple Past:	swam
Past Participle:	swum

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

swim

1. noun baignade f;
   to go for a ~ (in sea, river) aller se baigner;
   (in pool) aller à la piscine.

2. transitive verb nager (distance, stroke).

3. intransitive verb
   1. nager;
      to ~ across sth traverser qch à la nage;
   2. to be ~ming in baigner dans (sauce, oil);
   3. (scene, room) tourner.

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'swim' found in these entries:

English:

bathe - can - could - for - over - that

French:

bain - contre-courant - crever - descendre - nage - nager

swim: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
swim	vi	(move through water)	nager vi ⇒
			à la nage adv
I swam to the island yesterday.
J'ai nagé jusqu'à l'île hier.
J'ai rejoint l'île à la nage hier.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
swim	n	(instance of swimming) aller nager : loisir	se baigner vpr ⇒
		nage sportive	natation nf
I go for a swim in the lake each morning.
Je me baigne dans le lac tous les matins.
* J'ai fait trente minutes de natation ce matin.
swim	vi	(glide) figuré	glisser vi ⇒
Fred Astaire could just swim across a room.
* Fred Astaire donnait l'impression de glisser sur scène.
swim	vi	(float)	flotter vi ⇒
		figuré	nager vi ⇒
			surnager vi ⇒
There was a dead bug swimming in my soup.
Il y avait un insecte mort qui flottait dans ma soupe.
Il y avait un insecte mort qui nageait dans ma soupe.
Il y avait un insecte mort qui surnageait dans ma soupe.
swim	vi	figurative (be immersed in) figuré	nager vi ⇒
That guy is swimming in money!
Cet homme nage dans l'argent !
swim	vtr	(cross by swimming)	traverser à la nage vtr
Didn't somebody swim the English Channel last summer?
Quelqu'un a traversé la Manche à la nage l'année dernière, n'est-ce pas ?
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
fish that swim upstream		nf	remonte
in the swim			dans le coup
sink or swim		tente	marche ou crève
swim bladder		nf	vessie natatoire
swim in		v intr	baigner dans
swim in (swim in the team)		v intr	nager dans
swim the crawl		v tr	crawler (nager le crawl)
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "swim".

can it swim ? does it swim ?
christmas swim
didn't know how to swim
FR: I get up early and go for a swim - grammaire
FR: swim was coming to an end - grammaire
FR: Would Swim
He saw a big ship and start to swim towards it
I can't swim
I swim at the beach
I Went Swim
like getting a person who can't swim to jump in the ocean
Loose swim trunks
men's swim trunks
Only dead fish swim with the stream
she could swim almost as well as the adults around her
she should not swim
swim laps
swim meet
Swim meet
swim platform
Swim strokes: freestyle, back stroke, breast stroke
Swim Team
swim to land
Swim towards land
Swim-throughs
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The lake is too cold to swim in.
the lake near which they swim
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