Splendid vs Swim - What's the difference?
splendid | swim |
Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard
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(archaic) To float.
* 2 Kings VI:6 (KJV)
*Wm. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword 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.
* Dryden
(uncommon) To cause to swim.
To be overflowed or drenched.
* Psalm VI:6 (KJV)
* Thomson
To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
An act or instance of swimming.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
(UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
As an adjective splendid
is possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.As an initialism swim is
someone who isn't me; someone who isn't myself.splendid
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance.
Synonyms
* great * magnificent * marvellousDerived terms
* splendidnessAnagrams
*swim
English
Verb
- And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim .
- Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.
citation, passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
- ''For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.
- I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.
- Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
- to swim a horse across a river
- Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.
- I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim .
- to swim wheat in order to select seed
Derived terms
* sink or swim * swim like a fish * swimmerNoun
(en noun)- I'm going for a swim .