fountain vs swim

fountain

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

noun
  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

swim

verb
  • To be overflowed or drenched. 

  • To move around freely because of excess space. 

  • To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. 

  • To glide along with a waving motion. 

  • My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine. 

  • To cause to swim. 

  • To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float. 

  • To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event. 

  • To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion. 

  • To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid 

  • To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches. 

noun
  • The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. 

  • An act or instance of swimming. 

  • A dizziness; swoon. 

  • A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner. 

  • A part of a stream much frequented by fish. 

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