Sign for SWIM in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Swim” in ASL?

SWIM: SWIM in American Sign Language (ASL) means to move through water. The video and GIF below demonstrate the sign.

ASL sign for swim — animated demonstration

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When do you use the sign SWIM?

SWIM strokes through pool days, lessons, and beach vacations. Summer hands it a busy season every year, and swim-lesson logistics keep signing families using it weekly. It belongs to the sports set of Book 5.

It appears in Lesson 165 of Book 5.

📖 SWIM is taught in Lesson 165 of ASL 203: Fingerspelling I — Book 5 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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