NOUN | act | swimming, swim | the act of swimming |
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ADJECTIVE | all | swimming, liquid | filled or brimming with tears |
all | swimming, naiant | applied to a fish depicted horizontally |
Sounds | swih'mihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Filled or brimming with tears. | |
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Example | "swimming eyes" | |
Synonym | liquid | |
Broader | tearful | Filled with or marked by tears |
Spanish | acuoso, lloricoso |
Meaning | applied to a fish depicted horizontally. | |
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Synonym | naiant | |
Category | heraldry | The study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies |
Broader | horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line |
Meaning | The act of swimming. | |
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Example | "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool" | |
Synonym | swim | |
Narrower | bathe | The act of swimming |
dip, plunge | A brief swim in water | |
dive, diving | A headlong plunge into water | |
floating, natation | The act of someone who floats on the water | |
skin diving, skin-dive | Underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel | |
skinny-dip | A naked swim | |
Broader | water sport, aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
Spanish | natación | |
Catalan | natació | |
Verbs | swim | travel through water |
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