(a) (of person) to swim; savoir ~ to be able to swim; (fig) to know how to take care of oneself; on va ~? (do you) fancy a swim?; (fig: Infml) ~ complètement to be completely lost, be all at sea (old-fashioned); (fig) ~ dans l'abondance to be rolling in money; (fig) ~ entre deux eaux to sit on the fence; ~ comme un poisson to swim like a fish; (humorous) ~ comme un fer à repasser to swim like a brick (humorous)

(b) (in a boat) to row; "nagez partout!" "pull away!"; ~ en arrière to back water; ~ plat to feather

(a) to swim, swim in a race

(b) to do, swim a stroke; ~ la brasse to swim breaststroke; ~ le crawl to do the crawl