SWIMMING
\swˈɪmɪŋ], \swˈɪmɪŋ], \s_w_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of SWIMMING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
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The act of one who swims.
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Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
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Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.
By Oddity Software
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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 EXERTION or endurance.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water. A great proportion of the animal tribes are furnished with a greater or less capacity for swimming either in water or on its surface, but man is unqualified for swimming without learning to do so as an art, owing to the structure of his body. The head by its gravity naturally sinks in water, and thus causes drowning, unless it, or at least the mouth, can be kept above the surface by art. The art of swimming chiefly consists in keeping the head above water, and using the hands and feet as oars and helm.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
