Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surface diving or underwater swimming without the use of an artificial breathing apparatus, especially the sport of surface diving as deeply as possible on a single breath of air.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
free-diving .
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Examples
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Now: Happy that I refer to my favorite pastime as "freediving," nor "snorkeling"
Knowing .NET larry 2010
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This bill was supported by a wide range of organizations and experts including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, NRDC, Wild Aid, the Human Society of the U.S., Jean-Michel Cousteau, and I am very proud to say from emerging advocates in the freediving world like William Trubridge, Martin & Niki Stepanek, Fred Buyle , William Winram, and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank & Kirk Krack of Performance Freediving who represent millions of divers the world over.
Francesca Koe: Victory at Sea - CA Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law Francesca Koe 2011
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This bill was supported by a wide range of organizations and experts including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, NRDC, Wild Aid, the Human Society of the U.S., Jean-Michel Cousteau, and I am very proud to say from emerging advocates in the freediving world like William Trubridge, Martin & Niki Stepanek, Fred Buyle , William Winram, and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank & Kirk Krack of Performance Freediving who represent millions of divers the world over.
Francesca Koe: Victory at Sea - CA Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law Francesca Koe 2011
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This bill was supported by a wide range of organizations and experts including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, NRDC, Wild Aid, the Human Society of the U.S., Jean-Michel Cousteau, and I am very proud to say from emerging advocates in the freediving world like William Trubridge, Martin & Niki Stepanek, Fred Buyle , William Winram, and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank & Kirk Krack of Performance Freediving who represent millions of divers the world over.
Francesca Koe: Victory at Sea - CA Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law Francesca Koe 2011
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This bill was supported by a wide range of organizations and experts including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, NRDC, Wild Aid, the Human Society of the U.S., Jean-Michel Cousteau, and I am very proud to say from emerging advocates in the freediving world like William Trubridge, Martin & Niki Stepanek, Fred Buyle , William Winram, and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank & Kirk Krack of Performance Freediving who represent millions of divers the world over.
Francesca Koe: Victory at Sea - CA Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law Francesca Koe 2011
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This bill was supported by a wide range of organizations and experts including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, NRDC, Wild Aid, the Human Society of the U.S., Jean-Michel Cousteau, and I am very proud to say from emerging advocates in the freediving world like William Trubridge, Martin & Niki Stepanek, Fred Buyle , William Winram, and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank & Kirk Krack of Performance Freediving who represent millions of divers the world over.
Francesca Koe: Victory at Sea - CA Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law Francesca Koe 2011
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You and Buck aren't spending much time inside anyway—most of the time you're out freediving on the reef.
Hurricane Shutters Melanie Neale 2012
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But when San Franciscan Victor Huang, living in Wellington, New Zealand, went freediving last week to take some underwater video, he bumped into an octopus who took one look at his camera, wrapped its tentacles around him, and made off with it.
Octopus Steals Diver's Camera, Shoots Its Own Footage (VIDEO) 2010
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A woman from London has set a new freediving world record after swimming 96m 318ft below the surface of the ocean and back in a single breath.
British Diver Breaks Depth Record On A Single Breath | Impact Lab 2009
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A woman from London has set a new freediving world record after swimming 96m 318ft below the surface of the ocean and back in a single breath.
British Diver Breaks Depth Record On A Single Breath | Impact Lab 2009
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