swimming

[swim-ing]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that swims.

2. the skill or technique of a person who swims.

3. the sport of swimming.

adjective

1. pertaining to, characterized by, or capable of swimming.

2. used in or for swimming.

   swimming trunks.

3. immersed in or overflowing with water or some other liquid.

4. dizzy or giddy.

   a swimming head.

Other Word Forms

• swimmingness noun
• nonswimming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of swimming¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English swimmende (adjective). See swim, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Today, it continues to serve as Murphy’s main residence, offering an array of extravagant amenities, including a full-size indoor bowling alley, a private movie theater, a sport court, and a glittering swimming pool.

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She had just turned 34, didn’t feel sick and was physically active, including swimming a mile one day before she gave birth to her second child at Columbia-Presbyterian hospital in New York.

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She describes her previously healthy lifestyle, which included running, skiing and even once swimming in New York's Hudson River, "eerily, to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society".

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Supermarket shelves fill with "immune-boosting" shots, cold water swimming groups grow and social media becomes crowded with tips on how to fend off seasonal bugs.

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The researchers estimated that the volume of magma that moved through the crust could have filled 200,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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