different between swimming vs swimwear
swimming
English
Pronunciation
Wikiversity
- IPA(key): /?sw?m??/
- Rhymes: -?m??
Etymology 1
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) +? -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
- The act or process of something that swims.
- 1869, William Chambers, ?Robert Chambers, Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts (page 2)
- Swimmings of the head and intestinal pains seemed the prelude of dissolution.
- 1869, William Chambers, ?Robert Chambers, Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts (page 2)
Related terms
- swimming bath
- swimming cap
- swimming pool
- synchronised swimming, synchronized swimming
Translations
Etymology 2
From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) +? -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.
- the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking
Translations
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
swimming
- present participle of swim
swimming From the web:
- what swimming pools are open
- what swimming does to your body
- what swimming stroke is the fastest
- what swimming stroke burns the most calories
- what swimming has taught me
- what swimming stroke starts in the water
- what swimming teaches you
- what swimming does to your brain
swimwear
English
Etymology
swim +? -wear
Noun
swimwear (usually uncountable, plural swimwears)
- Items of clothing appropriate for swimming
- April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tide[1]
- For Stockwell’s purposes, Halle Berry reps an appreciable presence in swimwear, but even her opening voiceover sounds swamped by boredom and regret.
- April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tide[1]
Hyponyms
- bikini
- swim briefs
- swimming trunks
- swimshorts
- swimsuit
Translations
swimwear From the web:
- what swimwear suits my shape
- what swimwear do celebrities wear
- what swimwear has an x on it
- what swimwear is in this summer
- what swimwear to wear when pregnant
- what swimwear suits small bust
- what swimwear suits my body shape
- what swimwear for big tummy
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