Definitions
the act of swimming
Word origin
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Used in a sentence
“Triathlon competitors take part in open water swimming.”
“The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […]”
“Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Pool exercise”8 letters
02“Moving through water”8 letters
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