проплыва́ть

verb, imperfective

Very rarely used word (top 20,000)

Examples

Я люблю́ лежа́ть на спине́ и смотре́ть, как проплыва́ют облака.I like to lie on my back and watch the clouds drift by.

К сча́стью, мимо проплыва́л парохо́д, и они бы́ли спасены.As good luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved.

Чёрные облака проплыва́ли над го́родом.Black clouds were passing above the city.

Imperative
ты	проплыва́й
вы	проплыва́йте

Active present	проплыва́ющий	swimming past, floating past, sailing past
Active past	проплыва́вший	having swum past, having floated past, having sailed past, passing by (in the past)
Passive present	проплываемый	swimmable, navigable (by swimming/floating)
Passive past	-
Gerund present	проплыва́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	проплывав проплывавши	while doing (past)