Swimming
['swɪmɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of swimming; 'it was the swimming they enjoyed most': 'they took a short swim in the pool'.
Edited by Adela--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swim
(a.) That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
(a.) Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
(n.) The act of one who swims.
(a.) Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
(n.) Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here he was taken off his legs, and in swimming was carried round into the centre of the basin, where he perceived Wildeve struggling. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The swimming-bladders or sounds, besides being highly nutritious, supply, if rightly prepared, isinglass equal to the best of that which is brought from Russia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So I struck into the stream, and in an instant the horse was swimming and I being carried down by the current. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He, having swum a certain distance, turned round and was swimming on his back, looking along the water at the two girls by the wall. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These qualities render it peculiarly serviceable for the stopping of vessels of different kinds, for floats, buoys, swimming-belts or jackets, artificial limbs, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One look, and he had sprung from the vessel's side, and with vigorous strokes was swimming towards it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Gerald suddenly turned, and was swimming away swiftly, with a side stroke. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- All the desert glared so fiercely that my eyes were swimming in tears all the time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a dive, and the little Countess was swimming like a rat, to join him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They're such dolls; they do nothing but dress themselves finely, and go swimming about to be admired. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Look also at the innumerable fish that are swimming in the clear waters, where we can distinguish every pebble that lies at the bottom. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He took it from my hand, held it up, and surveyed the bed, all blackened and scorched, the sheets drenched, the carpet round swimming in water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In its centre was a long tank of water, set below the level of the floor like the swimming pool of a natatorium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Caliphronas was already in the water, swimming like a fish, and indeed he was as much at home there as on the land. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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