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swimming

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swim·ming  (swmng)
n.
The act, sport, or technique of one that swims.
adj.
1. Relating to or used in swimming.
2. Capable of swimming: swimming insects.
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Noun1.swimmingswimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
aquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of water
bathe - the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
skinny-dip - a naked swim
plunge, dip - a brief swim in water
dive, diving - a headlong plunge into water
floating, natation - the act of someone who floats on the water
skin diving, skin-dive - underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
Adj.1.swimming - filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"
2.swimming - applied to a fish depicted horizontally
heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
Translations

swimming [ˈswɪmɪŋ] nnatación f
swimming [ˈswɪmɪŋ] swim nnage f, natation f
swimming [ˈswɪmɪŋ] swim nSchwimmen nt
swimming [ˈswɪmɪŋ] nnuoto


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She was one of those rare women who can strip off all the frills of dress, and in simple swimming suit be more satisfying beautiful.
You observe that in the ordinary swimming position of the Sperm Whale, the front of his head presents an almost wholly vertical plane to the water; you observe that the lower part of that front slopes considerably backwards, so as to furnish more of a retreat for the long socket which receives the boom-like lower jaw; you observe that the mouth is entirely under the head, much in the same way, indeed, as though your own mouth were entirely under your chin.
A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time very much bruised, sick, and unable to move.
 
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