English Online Dictionary. What means swimming? What does swimming mean?
English
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈswɪmɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪmɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
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Translations
Etymology 2
From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.
Translations
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
swimming
- present participle and gerund of swim