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Definitions for: Swimming
[n] the act of swimming
[adj] (heraldry) applied to a fish depicted horizontally
[adj] filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
Webster (1913) Definition: Swim"ming, a.
1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
Swimming bell (Zo["o]l.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
Siphonophora.
Swimming crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
marine crabs, as those of the family Protunid[ae], which
have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs
flattened so as to serve as fins.
Swim"ming, n.
The act of one who swims.
Swim"ming, a. [From Swim to be dizzy.]
Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming
brain.
Swim"ming, n.
Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. --Dryden.
Synonyms: horizontal, liquid, naiant, swim, tearful, watery
See Also: aquatics, bathe, dip, dive, diving, plunge, skin diving, skin-dive, water sport
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