adj
Swimming or immersed (in or with something).
v
To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
v
To rise up partially out of the water when swimming underwater.
v
(chiefly Canada, US and England dialect) Strong simple past tense of dive
v
(transitive) To train (a person) to float in water without sinking or drowning, occasionally raising the mouth above the surface to take a breath.
n
One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
n
A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
n
(US, slang, rare) Somebody who enters a body of water for recreational swimming or bathing.
v
(intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
adj
Alternative form of free-swimming [(biology) Able to swim about freely.]
n
(by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
n
(swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
v
(zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
n
The act or process of swimming
adj
of, or relating to, swimming
v
(intransitive, Britain) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
n
Synonym of polar bear plunge
v
(intransitive) Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
v
To take a short trip by boat
n
Someone who swims naked; someone who skinny dips.
n
Alternative form of skinny dipper [Someone who swims naked; someone who skinny dips.]
n
Alternative spelling of skinny dipper. [Someone who swims naked; someone who skinny dips.]
v
(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
v
(simile) To be a very strong swimmer.
n
A peaceful form of protest in which people enter a swimming pool and refuse to leave.
v
Obsolete spelling of swim [(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.]
n
doing gymnastic movements in water, usually light
n
(obsolete, rare) The act of swimming over.
n
(rare) The act of swimming across (a river, etc).
n
(swimming) The upward motion of a swimmer's arm.
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