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swi ming

  • n  the act of swimming
    it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool
  • v  travel through water
    a big fish was swimming in the tank
  • v  be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  • v  be dizzy or giddy
    my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne
  • v  be covered with or submerged in a liquid
    the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
  • v  move as if gliding through water
  • s  filled or brimming with tears
    swimming eyes
  • s  applied to a fish depicted horizontally

  • Australia's swimming-crazy fans screamed for gold and generously applauded the achievements of swimmers from all countries.
  • As his swimming was taking shape, though, Phelps' family was breaking up.
  • Avoid swimming between sandbars, near steep drop-offs, near channels or at river mouths where sharks are found.
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  • Michael Phelps in International Herald Tribune
    It's not my decision. It's theirs,Phelps said. "I have nothing to say, but if that's what they want to do, that's their choice. It's something that USA Swimming came up with. ...... Obviously, for a mistake you should get punished."
  • David Miliband in BBC News
    But Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme: "Are you leading the news with that? The fact that there's a picture that the head of the MI6 goes swimming - wow, that really is exciting. It is not a state secret that he...
  • Robin van Persie in ESPN
    I spoke to two friends of mine in Rotterdam and they were trying to explain what it is like,Van Persie said. "Holland is just upside down. It is unbelievable. Everybody is drinking, having fun, swimming in the canals. It is crazy. Everyone...

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