About The Word Swimming
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Swimming
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What's The Definition Of Swimming?
[n] the act of swimming
[adj] (heraldry) applied to a fish depicted horizontally [adj] filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" Synonyms | Synonyms for Swimming: horizontal | liquid | naiant | swim | tearful | watery Related Terms | Find terms related to Swimming: See Also | aquatics | bathe | dip | dive | diving | plunge | skin diving | skin-dive | water sport Swimming In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Swim"ming\, n. The act of one who swims. \Swim"ming\, a. [From {Swim} to be dizzy.] Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain. \Swim"ming\, n. Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. --Dryden. |
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