Definition of swimming

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Swimming (a.) That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion..

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Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..
Swinck :: Swimmingness (n.) Act or state of swimming; suffusion.
Swimming :: Swimmeret (n.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming..
Tranation :: Tranation (n.) The act of swimming over.
Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Sea Bird :: Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
Schizopoda :: Schizopoda (n. pl.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
Hesperornis :: Hesperornis (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append..
Natatorium :: Natatorium (n.) A swimming bath.
Oar-footed :: Oar-footed (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming..
Aquatic :: Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc..
Swimmingness :: Swimmingly (adv.) In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously..
Oared :: Oared (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Flipper :: Flipper (n.) A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc..
Pulmograde :: Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae..
Fin :: Fin (n.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks..
Phyllopoda :: Phyllopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda..
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