| Main Entry: | swim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make way through water using arms, legs |
Synonyms: |
bathe, breast-stroke, crawl, dive, dog-paddle, float, freestyle, glide, go for a swim, go swimming, go wading, high-dive, move, paddle, practice, race, skinny-dip, slip, stroke, submerge, take a dip, wade |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | submersion in liquid |
Synonyms: |
bath, dive, douche, drenching, ducking, immersion, plunge, soak, soaking, swim |
| Main Entry: | float |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie on the surface |
Synonyms: |
be buoyant, bob, drift, glide, hang, hover, move gently, poise, rest on water, ride, sail, skim, slide, slip along, smooth along, stay afloat, swim, waft, wash |
Antonyms: |
drown, sink |
| Main Entry: | reel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble; spin around |
Synonyms: |
bob, careen, falter, feel giddy, go around, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, titubate, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | row |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move boat with paddle |
Synonyms: |
drag, oar, paddle, pull, punt, sail, scud, scull, sky an oar, swim* |
| Main Entry: | spin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, make go around |
Synonyms: |
gyrate, gyre, oscillate, pendulate, pirouette, purl, reel, revolve, rotate, spiral, swim, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl |
Antonyms: |
stand, steady |
| Main Entry: | usance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove*, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot*, swim, thing*, trick, usage, use, way, wont |