Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The light bag, usually cigar-shaped or fish-shaped, within an open net of cords, which incloses buoyant gas and is employed to support the machinery and crew of a dirigible balloon.
- noun One who swims.
- noun An animal which is well adapted for swimming, or which swims habitually.
- noun A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
- noun Something that swims or floats or is used as a float.
- noun In brewing, a metallic vessel floated on the wort in a fermenting-tun, and used to hold ice or iced water for absorbing the heat produced by the fermentation.
- noun A swimming-bladder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who swims.
- noun (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
- noun (Zoöl.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
- noun (Zoöl.) a phalarope.
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- noun One who
swims . - noun colloquial A
sperm .
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- noun a person who travels through the water by swimming
- noun a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
Etymologies
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Examples
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Did the swimmer from the island trade places with him somehow?
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An international swimmer is basically maxing out their digestive system to produce as much energy as possible to spend as much time in the pool as possible.
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Matthew Mitcham, the young Australian swimmer, is already came out famously just a few months ago.
The Olympics Jes Battis 2008
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First swimmer from the University of Wyoming to make an Olympic swim team.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Sarmad Abdel Ilah, a former national champion swimmer, is teaching the kids his sport almost from scratch.
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They join swimmer Ian Crocker as the only athletes to win the honor twice.
USATODAY.com - May and Walsh have more reasons to celebrate 2004
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I pointed out that she could tip, hit her head, swallow water, have a heart attack/stroke .. .whatever ... being a good swimmer is irrelevant.
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The strong swimmer is in the lake at Glencarrick; he swims for life and death; the little child is on his back; wet and bewildered; he feels the touch of its small soft frightened lips, pressed coaxingly on his neck, on his shoulder; he hears its terrified cry over the waters: "Clephane! my darlin 'Clephane!" he sees Clephane sinking - sinking - sinking - among reeds and a tangled network of weeds.
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8: 27: Phelps first again American swimmer Michael Phelps won his fourth gold medal in Athens, placing first in the 200 IM in 1: 57.14, an Olympic record.
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The West Australian reported damage to the black bathing suit of Bryn Martin, the missing swimmer, which is consistent with what a great white shark would cause, according to fisheries experts.
Bryn Martin, Missing Swimmer, Possibly Attacked By Shark At Australian Beach The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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