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swimming

[ swim-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that swims.
  2. the skill or technique of a person who swims.
  3. the sport of swimming.


adjective

  1. pertaining to, characterized by, or capable of swimming.
  2. used in or for swimming:

    swimming trunks.

  3. immersed in or overflowing with water or some other liquid.
  4. dizzy or giddy:

    a swimming head.

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Other Word Forms

  • ɾmԲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ɾmԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swimming1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English swimmende (adjective). See swim, -ing 2, -ing 1
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Replicating that at scale for the 800+ Olympic swimming pool sized unlined pits was another matter.

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Robin Reed, 46, and his son Owen, 17, who were from Caerphilly county in south Wales, were swept out to sea on 13 April while swimming at a beach without lifeguards in Seventeen Seventy, Queensland.

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These included a swimming programme delivered in partnership with leisure operator GLL, the council's community boxing initiative and its mental health support event, held as part of last year's World Suicide Prevention Day, he said.

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A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning associated with a toxic algal bloom that has stricken many other sea creatures, according to officials.

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She has joined calls from Welsh Water warning people about the dangers of unauthorised swimming in reservoirs.

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