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Definition of "swimming" []

  • The act, sport, or technique of one that swims. (noun)
  • Relating to or used in swimming. (adjective)
  • Capable of swimming: swimming insects. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "swimming" in a sentence
  • "“Justin Greer,” I murmured, the name swimming out of the fog in my mind."
  • "The swimming test with Weissmuller, the winner of five Olympic gold medals in swimming, was held at the Hollywood Athletic Club."
  • "John Brackett - "the Doc of the Bay" - had built a business catering partially to tourists who broke their teeth in swimming-pool accidents or on rogue bits of oyster shell in their dinners."