swimming

Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of swimming; :
  2. verb travel through water
  3. verb be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

Etymology

From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).

In classic literature

Synonyms

swim

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
water sport
Narrower (hyponyms)
bathe, skin diving, dip, skinny-dip, dive, floating

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