swimming

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ (Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing) IPA(key): /ˈswɪmiŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪmɪŋ Hyphenation: swim‧ming === 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== swimming present participle and gerund of swim