What does swimming mean?
Definitions for swimming
ˈswɪm ɪŋswim·ming
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Princeton's WordNet
swimming, swimadjective
the act of swimming
"it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
liquid, swimmingadjective
filled or brimming with tears
"swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
naiant, swimmingadjective
applied to a fish depicted horizontally
Wiktionary
swimmingnoun
The action of the verb "to swim".
swimmingnoun
The activity of moving oneself through water using one's arms and legs while buoyed up by the water, carried out by humans for amusement, exercise, sport or entertainment.
Wikipedia
Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or a liquid substance, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics.
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swimming
Swimming is a physical activity or sport in which an individual moves through water either for leisure, exercise, or competition. It typically involves the use of the whole body, especially the arms and legs, to propel one's self forward or stay afloat. Swimming can take place in a range of settings such as pools, lakes, rivers, or the sea and encompasses various styles such as freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly.
Webster Dictionary
Swimming
of Swim
Swimmingadjective
that swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion
Swimmingadjective
suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes
Swimmingnoun
the act of one who swims
Swimmingadjective
being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain
Swimmingnoun
vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head
Etymology: [From Swim to be dizzy.]
Wikidata
Swimming
Swimming is a water based sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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.
Editors Contribution
swimming
The act and process of swim.
Swimming is a great sport and way to have fun.
Submitted by MaryC on February 26, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'swimming' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2939
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Rank popularity for the word 'swimming' in Nouns Frequency: #2021
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of swimming in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of swimming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of swimming in a Sentence
In somes studies, we compared groups composed of only fish with groups composed of fish and robots, we could show that the two are behaving similarly, which shows that the robots are able to act like fish, and integrate groups of fish. We also used other setups, such as a ring-shaped setup, to show that the robotic agents can influence on the swimming direction preference of the fish.
Calls for Russian swimmers to be excluded from the Games will grow after the investigation revealed that Portugalov, the doctor recommended for a lifetime ban by WADA as a key player at the heart of Russia's doping scandal, actively encouraged the national swimming team to adopt a systematic doping policy, since 2009, when Portugalov first offered to 'assist' Russian swimming, 23 swimmers have been handed suspensions for doping and the tally for all aquatics sports exceeds 40 in the past decade.
Tonight's going to be amazing, it definitely shows that the standard of international heats swimming has improved but I believe that's no indication of the potential they( rival swimmers) have.
A shark has got no paws or hands, so if it wants to explore something, the only capability it's got to do that is to put it in its mouth, that's why we often get exploratory bites which don't result in death and sometimes don't even result in serious injury. If you go swimming and splashing away, you're almost inviting the shark to come give you an exploratory or an attack bite.
From day one here, there was a sense of creating a facility that makes swimming accessible for everybody, water is a great equalizer.
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- سباحةArabic
- плаваннеBelarusian
- natacióCatalan, Valencian
- plaváníCzech
- SchwimmenGerman
- nataciónSpanish
- uinti, uiminenFinnish
- natationFrench
- שחיהHebrew
- nuotoItalian
- 水泳Japanese
- 수영, 水泳Korean
- مهلهوانیKurdish
- berenangMalay
- zwemmenDutch
- pływactwoPolish
- nataçãoPortuguese
- wamp'uyQuechua
- înotRomanian
- плаваниеRussian
- simningSwedish
- yüzmeTurkish
- плаванняUkrainian
- bơiVietnamese
- 游泳的Chinese
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