Definition of swimming. Meaning of swimming. Synonyms of swimming

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Definition of swimming

Swimming
Swimming Swim"ming, n. The act of one who swims.
Swimming
Swimming Swim"ming, a. [From Swim to be dizzy.] Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
Swimming
Swimming Swim"ming, n. Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. --Dryden.
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Swim Swim, v. i. [imp. Swamor Swum; p. p. Swum; p. pr. & vb. n. Swimming.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw. simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.] 1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed. 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. --Shak. 3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6. Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. --Milton. 5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer.
Swimming
Swimming Swim"ming, a. 1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion. 2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes. Swimming bell (Zo["o]l.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under Siphonophora. Swimming crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family Protunid[ae], which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.

Meaning of swimming from wikipedia

- Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved...
- Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open...
- This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals. This is the top 15 female Olympic swimming gold medalists: All swimmers with at least four individual...
- where she began swimming seriously in seventh grade. She was enrolled at the private Pine Crest School in the mid-1960s, swimming under the tutelage...
- swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is...
- A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities...
- Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1908, the world swimming ****ociation, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)...
- Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject...
- Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized c****ographed...
- Aquatics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games consisted of Diving, Swimming and Synchronized Swimming. They were held in Henderson, New Zealand.   *   Host nation...