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 Definitions of Swimming  [ˈswɪm ɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'Swimming' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) swimming
the act of a person or thing that swims.

2.  swimming
a sport based on the ability to swim.

3. (adj.) swimming
capable of swimming.

4.  swimming
used in or for swimming.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000)

Definition of 'Swimming' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) swimming, swim
the act of swimming
"it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

2. (adj) liquid, swimming
filled or brimming with tears
"swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"

3. (adj) naiant, swimming
applied to a fish depicted horizontally


Definition of 'Swimming' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) swimming
the sport or activity of moving through water
My dog doesn't like swimming.; I go swimming every Friday.


Definition of 'Swimming' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Swimming
that swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion

2. (adj) Swimming
suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes

3. (adj) Swimming
being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain

4. (noun) Swimming
the act of one who swims

5. (noun) Swimming
vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head

6.  Swimming
of Swim


Definition of 'Swimming' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Swimming
An activity in which the body is propelled through water by specific movement of the arms and/or the legs. Swimming as propulsion through water by the movement of limbs, tail, or fins of animals is often studied as a form of PHYSICAL EXERTION or endurance.


Translation of 'Swimming' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: covered with, or floating in, a liquid
meat swimming in/with grease.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dryf Arabic flag Arabic: سابِحٌ في، عائِم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: плуващ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nadando em Czech flag Czech: plující German flag German: schwimmend
Danish flag Danish: dækket af; flyde rundt i Greek flag Greek: που κολυμπάει Spanish flag Spanish: nadando, flotando
Estonian flag Estonian: ülevalatud, ujuv Farsi flag Farsi: شناور Finnish flag Finnish: peitossa
French flag French: baignant, nageant (dans) Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׂחִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: तैराई, चक्कर, घुमड़ी
Croatian flag Croatian: koji pliva, koji plovi Hungarian flag Hungarian: úszó Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengapung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: syndandi/fljótandi í Italian flag Italian: (che nuota) Japanese flag Japanese: いっぱいついた
Korean flag Korean: 잠겨 있는, 떠다니는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: plaukiojantis, paplūdęs Latvian flag Latvian: peldošs; (kādā) šķidrumā
Malay flag Malay: dilumuri Dutch flag Dutch: drijvend Norwegian flag Norwegian: dekket av; flytende i
Polish flag Polish: pływający Persian flag Persian: شناور Pashto flag Pashto: لمبیدونکی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: a nadar em Romanian flag Romanian: careînoată, înotând (în) Russian flag Russian: плавающий
Slovak flag Slovak: plávajúci Slovenian flag Slovenian: plavajoč Serbian flag Serbian: natopljen
Swedish flag Swedish: flytande, simmande Thai flag Thai: ท่วมล้น Turkish flag Turkish: yüzen; ... ile kaplı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 充溢的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: такий, що плаває; залитий Urdu flag Urdu: تیراکی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự bơi Chinese flag Chinese: 充溢的

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