Godan verb with 'gu' ending, Intransitive verb
to swim
この湖で泳ぐのは危険だと思うんだ。I think it is dangerous to swim in the lake. to struggle through (a crowd)
to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life)
to totter; to lose one's balance
Also written 游ぐ【およぐ】