English adjective: swimming | |||
1. | swimming filled or brimming with tears | ||
Samples | Swimming eyes. Sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid. | ||
Synonyms | liquid | ||
Similar | tearful | ||
Antonyms | dry-eyed, tearless | ||
2. | swimming applied to a fish depicted horizontally | ||
Synonyms | naiant | ||
Similar | horizontal | ||
Domain category | heraldry | ||
Antonyms | vertical, inclined, perpendicular | ||
English noun: swimming | |||
1. | swimming (act) the act of swimming | ||
Samples | It was the swimming they enjoyed most. They took a short swim in the pool. | ||
Synonyms | swim | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aquatics, water sport | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bathe, dip, dive, diving, floating, natation, plunge, skin diving, skin-dive, skinny-dip | ||