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Swimming
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Swimming
/ˈswɪmɪŋ/
The action of moving through water using the arms and legs.
Synonyms:
floating
bathing
diving
paddling
Antonyms:
sinking
drowning
submerging
Examples:
I
like swimming in the sea.
Swimming
is great exercise for your whole body.
Etymology:
Derived from the Old English
swimman
, meaning to move in or through water, dating back to the Germanic language roots.
Usage Statistics:
304 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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