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swimming

Definition

  • noun: the sport or activity of moving through water by moving your arms and legs
  • noun: the act, art, or sport of one that 'swims' and dives
  • adjective: that 'swims'
  • synonyms: vertigo, dizziness, floating

Examples

  • Our neighbors have a 'swimming pool' in their backyard.

  • The potatoes 'were swimming in' butter/gravy.

  • We watched the fish 'swimming' in the river.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The bird bites. Sirius? Harry Potter, age ... ...suspect entrant in the Triwizard Tournament. His eyes swimming with the ghosts of his past... ...and choking back tears... Sirius. How...? I don't have much time, so let me get straight to it. (..)
    2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire