Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, sport, or technique of one that swims.
- adjective Relating to or used in swimming.
- adjective Capable of swimming.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
- Able to swim; habitually moving in or on the water; natatorial, as a bird or an insect.
- Adapted to, used for, or connected with swimming: as, a swimming action or progression.
- Filled to overflowing.
- Floating; fluctuating; wavering.
- noun Dizziness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who swims.
- adjective That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming.
- adjective Suffused with moisture.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a nectocalyx. See
Illust. underSiphonophora . - adjective (Zoöl.) any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family
Protunidæ , which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins. - noun Vertigo; dizziness.
- adjective Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
swim . - noun The action of the verb "to
swim ". - noun The activity of moving oneself through
water using one's arms and legs whilebuoyed up by the water, carried out by humans for amusement, exercise, sport or entertainment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective applied to a fish depicted horizontally
- adjective filled or brimming with tears
- noun the act of swimming
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Examples
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“Justin Greer,” I murmured, the name swimming out of the fog in my mind.
Lost Brother Franklin W. Dixon 2010
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It is indeed pronounced as 'lie low' but we Brits tend not to treat them as mattresses - they're used more often to lounge in swimming pools or the sea while on holiday (sorry, vacation!).
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A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Archive 2009-05-10 Tyler 2009
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If swimming is not your forte, it is an easy ten minute hike to Playa del Beso, and just another twenty minutes to Playa del Toro.
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A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
And now, for another perspective on health, nutrition and fitness. Tyler 2009
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John Brackett - "the Doc of the Bay" - had built a business catering partially to tourists who broke their teeth in swimming-pool accidents or on rogue bits of oyster shell in their dinners.
Six months after the spill, BP's money is changing the gulf as much as its oil David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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The swimming test with Weissmuller, the winner of five Olympic gold medals in swimming, was held at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
Johnny Sheffield dies at 79; actor played Boy in 'Tarzan' movies Dennis McLellan 2010
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“Laughter,” Pelagia greeted the white dolphin swimming before her, and indeed the old one seemed about to float away on a current of her own mirth.
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John Brackett - "the Doc of the Bay" - had built a business catering partially to tourists who broke their teeth in swimming-pool accidents or on rogue bits of oyster shell in their dinners.
Adrift in oil, then money David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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One of my friend told me that he fell down in swimming pool accidentally, and unable to swim.
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