поплы́ть

fairly common #4433C2

verbperfective imperfective is плыть

1.
to start swimming, to set sail, to swim off, to sail
Кора́бль поплы́л к о́строву.
The ship set sail toward the island.
Perfective, unidirectional: marks the start of movement through water in one direction.
2.
to float, to drift
Ли́стья поплы́ли по реке́.
The leaves began to drift down the river.
Of things carried by water or air (leaves, boats, clouds).

Motion info

поплы́ть is derived from the unidirectional verb of motion плыть.

Пловец, отпихивающийся от берега, быстро поплыл вперёд.
The swimmer pushing off from the shore quickly swam forward.
Отвязавший лодку рыбак поплыл к берегу.
The fisherman who had untied the boat rowed toward the shore.
Мы поплыли на катамаране по озеру.
We went out on the lake in a catamaran.
Утка крякнула и поплыла к берегу.
The duck quacked and swam toward the shore.
Они поплы́ли к себе домой.
They began to sail to their home.
Рабочие налегли на весла и поплыли быстрее.
The rowers dug into their oars and sped up.
Я поплы́л к берегу.
I swam toward the shore.
Заколыхавшийся туман медленно поплыл над рекой.
The mist that had begun to sway slowly drifted over the river.

Imperative
ты	поплыви́
вы	поплыви́те

Active present	-
Active past	поплы́вший	melted, runny, smudged, smeared
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	поплы́в поплывши	while doing (past)

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