Swimming Definition–noun | 1.<
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/td> | the act of a person or thing that swims. |
| 2. | the skill or technique of a person who swims. |
–adjective | 4. | pertaining to, characterized by, or capable of swimming. |
| 5. | used in or for swimming: swimming trunks. |
| 6. | immersed in or overflowing with water or some other liquid. |
| 7. | dizzy or giddy: a swimming head. |
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in zoology, self-propulsion of an animal through water. See aquatic locomotion.swimming
in recreation and sports, the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions and the natural flotation of the body. Swimming as an exercise is popular as an all-around body ...
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The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, held in Athens in August, dominated swimming in 2004, and the sport was arguably the highlight of the Games. The Olympic swimming competition served to showcase the ...
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As 2001 dawned-three months after the Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games, with 14 world records and historic performances by Inge de Bruijn and Pieter van den Hoogenband of The Netherlands and ...
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In 1999, one year before the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, venerable world swimming records fell with amazing regularity as aquatic athletes around the globe tuned up for the quadrennial quest ...
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The 10th Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) world swimming championships, held in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2003, offered the perfect opportunity for swimming to showcase its greatest ...
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In most Olympic years swimming world records fall in profusion, but never before as in 2000. In part, this was owing to the large number of high-level international meets held during the year. In ...
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After the 1992 Olympic Games, during which nine world records in swimming were set, a letdown was expected in 1993, but no one anticipated that there would be just one new mark in a 50-m, ...
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The year 1998 began with a bang--and a bust--as more than 1,300 of the world's best swimmers, representing a record 119 countries, gathered in Perth, Australia, for the Federation Internationale de ...
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The year 2002 was a busy one in swimming; 12 long-course (50-m pool) and an amazing 22 short-course (25-m pool) world records were broken-some more than once-as swimmers took advantage of several ...
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Related topics from Ask NewsSwimming, water advisories issued in Mobile and Baldwin County
Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com - Found 5 hours ago
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Cherie Blair The disgraceful state of public swimming baths and why ...
Mail Online UK - Found 12 hours ago
The fact is, public swimming pools are nasty. Loads of us go there, but we go with gritted teeth - if only because swimming with an open mouth...
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New York Post - Found 19 hours ago
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THREE killer whales put on an amazing show of synchronised swimming ...
The Sun - Found Oct. 8, 2008
HOWS this for synchronised swimming? Three killer whales are caught putting on an amazing show in the wild.
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Palmolive Women's Swimming from October 25
Business Recorder - Found Oct. 7, 2008
: The 17th Palmolive Sindh Women's Swimming Championships 2008 is being held on the 25th and 26th of October in Karachi, says a press released issued ...
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Swimming: Nine national swim golds for lifesaver
New Zealand Herald - Found Oct. 5, 2008
Titahi Bay surf lifesaver Steven Kent completed his domination of the national pool championships in Wellington this weekend, swimming away with nine ...
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Heather Mills' swimming pool woes
NetIndia123.com - Found Oct. 4, 2008
... model Heather Mills has landed herself in trouble with local councillors for allegedly building a swimming pool without planning permission at...
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Australia's Trickett swaps swimming coach, city ahead of 2012
Greenwich, CT may get residents-only swimming pool
The Real Deal - Found Sep. 30, 2008
Residents of Greenwich, CT might get a residents-only community swimming pool, five years after the Connecticut Supreme Court said the town had to ...
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Palestinian man infiltrates Israel by swimming from Gaza
Independent Media Review Analysis - Found Sep. 29, 2008
A Palestinian man infiltrated Israel by swimming from the Gaza Strip some two weeks ago, the Israel Defense Forces revealed Sunday, and proceeded to
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