be swimming in or with something Definition

swim
verb swam, swum, swimming

intr
1. To propel oneself through water by moving the arms and legs or (in fish) the tail and fins.
2. To cover (a distance) or cross (a stretch of water) in this way.

Example: swam the Channel
3. To compete in (a race through water) by swimming.
4. To perform (a particular stroke) in swimming.

Example: swam breast stroke across the pool
intr
5. To float.
intr
6. To be affected by dizziness.

Example: His head was swimming
intr
7. To move or appear to move about in waves or whirls.
8. To cause to swim; to take by swimming.

Example: have to swim the horses across the river

noun

1. A spell of swimming.
2. The general flow of events.
3. A state of dizziness.
4. fishing.
A place or pool in a river, etc where fish are found.

Derivative: swimmable
adj

Derivative: swimmer
noun

Derivative: swimming
noun

Idiom: in the swim

colloq
Up to date with, and often involved in, what is going on around one.

Idiom: swim with the stream (swim against the stream, swim with the tide, swim against the tide)

To conform to, or go against, normal behaviour, current opinions, etc.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon swimman.

Phrasal Verb: be swimming with something

To be flooded or awash with it.
Example: The kitchen is swimming with water

Phrasal Verb: be swimming in or with something

To have a great deal of it.
Example: absolutely swimming in milk