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Webster 1913 Edition
Swimming
Swim′ming
,Adj.
1.
That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming;
as, a
. swimming
bird; a swimming
motion2.
Suffused with moisture;
as,
. swimming
eyesSwimming bell
(Zool.)
, a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
– Siphonophora
. Swimming crab
(Zool.)
, any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family
Protunidae
, which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.Swim′ming
,Noun.
The act of one who swims.
Swim′ming
,Adj.
[From
Swim
to be dizzy.] Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness;
as, a
. swimming
brainSwim′ming
,Noun.
Vertigo; dizziness;
as, a
. swimming
in the headDryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swimming
SWIM'MING
,ppr.
SWIM'MING
,Noun.
1.
Dizziness.Definition 2024
swimming
swimming
English
A freestyle swimming stroke animation.
Verb
swimming
- present participle of swim
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- 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.
- A giddy sensation.
- the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking
Translations
human activity of moving oneself through water
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a giddy sensation
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