| NOUN | act | water sport, aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
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| Meaning | sports that involve bodies of water. | |
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| Synonym | aquatics | |
| Category of | backstroke | swim on one's back |
| belly-flop | dive so that one hits the water with one's belly | |
| breaststroke | swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | |
| crawl | swim by doing the crawl | |
| dive | plunge / plunge into water | |
| fin | propel oneself through the water in a finning motion | |
| paddle | swim like a dog in shallow water | |
| Narrower | surfing, surfboarding, surfriding | The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave |
| swimming, swim | The act of swimming | |
| water-skiing | skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat | |
| Broader | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Spanish | deporte acuático | |
| Catalan | esport aquàtic | |
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