"swimming" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-swimming.ogg [US] Forms: swimmings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swymmynge}} Middle English swymmynge, {{affix|en|swim|-ing|pos1=verb|pos2=suffix forming gerunds|t1=to move through water}} swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
  1. The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (human activity of moving oneself through water): سِبَاحَة (sibāḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), nutare [feminine] (Aromanian), সাঁতোৰ (xãtür) (Assamese), সাঁতোৰা (xãtüra) (Assamese), пла́ванне (plávannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), плуване (pluvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), natació [feminine] (Catalan), مەلەوانی (melewanî) (Central Kurdish), 游泳 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 游泳 (english: jau⁴ wing⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 游泳 (yóuyǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), plavání [neuter] (Czech), svømning [common-gender] (Danish), zwemmen (Dutch), uinti (Finnish), uiminen (Finnish), natation [feminine] (French), nage [feminine] (French), Schwimmen [neuter] (German), κολύμβηση (kolýmvisi) [feminine] (Greek), שחיה (s'chiyah) [feminine] (Hebrew), úszás (Hungarian), sund [neuter] (Icelandic), nuoto [masculine] (Italian), 水泳 (suiei) (alt: すいえい) (Japanese), 수영 (suyeong) (alt: 水泳) (Korean), пливање (plivanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), berenang (Malay), നീന്തൽ (nīntal) (Malayalam), wrukun (Ngarrindjeri), nagegie [feminine] (Norman), svømming [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), symjing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ପହଁରା (pôhỗra) (Odia), sund [neuter] (Old English), یوزمه (yüzme) (Ottoman Turkish), شنا (šenâ) (Persian), pływactwo [neuter] (Polish), pływanie [neuter] (Polish), natação [feminine] (Portuguese), wamp'uy (Quechua), înot (Romanian), пла́вание (plávanije) [neuter] (Russian), natación [feminine] (Spanish), simning [common-gender] (Swedish), yüzme (Turkish), пла́вання (plávannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), bơi lội (Vietnamese), naiviaedje [masculine] (Walloon), bagnaedje (Walloon), nedjaedje (Walloon), nofio (Welsh), bambinya (Wiradjuri), שוווּם (shvum) [masculine] (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-swimming.ogg [US] Forms: swimmings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪŋ Etymology: From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|swim|-ing|pos1=verb|pos2=suffix forming gerunds|t1=to be dizzy}} swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
  1. The state of being dizzy or in vertigo. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a giddy sensation): световъртеж (svetovǎrtež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), duizeling [feminine] (Dutch), ζάλη (záli) [feminine] (Greek), ίλιγγος (ílingos) [masculine] (Greek), pōnitiniti (Maori), swima [masculine] (Old English)
    Sense id: en-swimming-en-noun-Xh3ngjt8 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-swimming.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪŋ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} swimming
  1. present participle and gerund of swim Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: swim Categories (topical): Swimming
    Sense id: en-swimming-en-verb-iBbSBrnp Disambiguation of Swimming: 15 26 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 41 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1909, Swami Rama Tirtha, In Woods of God-realization: The pole star within, 7th edition",
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          "word": "ice swimming"
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          "word": "oblique-swimming triplefin"
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          "word": "swimming bath"
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          "word": "swimming bell"
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          "word": "swimming cap"
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          "word": "swimming crab"
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          "word": "swimming goggles"
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          "word": "swimming pool acid"
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          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
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          "roman": "pluvane",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "natació"
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          "code": "yue",
          "english": "jau⁴ wing⁶",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "游泳"
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yóuyǒng",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "plavání"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "zwemmen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "uinti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "uiminen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "natation"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "nage"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schwimmen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kolýmvisi",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "s'chiyah",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "שחיה"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "úszás"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sund"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nuoto"
        },
        {
          "alt": "すいえい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suiei",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "水泳"
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          "alt": "水泳",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "suyeong",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "수영"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "melewanî",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "مەلەوانی"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "plivanje",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "пливање"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "berenang"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nīntal",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "നീന്തൽ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nay",
          "lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "wrukun"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nagegie"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svømming"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "symjing"
        },
        {
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "pôhỗra",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "ପହଁରା"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sund"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yüzme",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "یوزمه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šenâ",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "شنا"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pływactwo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pływanie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "natação"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "wamp'uy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "înot"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plávanije",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "пла́вание"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "natación"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "simning"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "yüzme"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "plávannja",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "пла́вання"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "bơi lội"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "naiviaedje"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "bagnaedje"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "nedjaedje"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "nofio"
        },
        {
          "code": "wrh",
          "lang": "Wiradjuri",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "word": "bambinya"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shvum",
          "sense": "human activity of moving oneself through water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שוווּם"
        }
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          "ref": "1602, A New and Short Defense of Tabacco: with the effectes of the same: and of the right vse thereof, London: Clement Knight, “Rule”, unnumbered page",
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          "text": "But when the worms are killed with the aforesaid medicines, you must driue them out without delay : for there proceedeth a vicious exhalation from them, which both destroyeth appetite, and hurteth digestion, and being lifted vpward, it causeth swimmings, and other euils.",
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          "ref": "1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, an Herball of Large Extent: […], London, page 552",
          "text": "[The Speedwell] doth also wonderfully helpe the memory, and to ease all turnings and swimmings, and other paines of the head, and as it is sayd helpeth women to become fruitfull, that were barren[.]",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svetovǎrtež",
          "sense": "a giddy sensation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "световъртеж"
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          "sense": "a giddy sensation",
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          "word": "duizeling"
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          "sense": "a giddy sensation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ζάλη"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "a giddy sensation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ίλιγγος"
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ζάλη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ílingos",
      "sense": "a giddy sensation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ίλιγγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a giddy sensation",
      "word": "pōnitiniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a giddy sensation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "swima"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swimming"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "present participle and gerund of swim"
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      "ipa": "/ˈswɪmɪŋ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪmɪŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-swimming.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-swimming.ogg/En-us-swimming.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-us-swimming.ogg",
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}

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