swimming
part of speech
noun (swimming — uncountable); verb form (-ing of swim: swim, swims, swam, swum, swimming); adjective use (a swimming pool, swimming lessons)
meaning for a pupil
1) The sport or activity of moving through water using your arms and legs. tree →
2) Moving through water right now (the -ing form of swim): «The ducks are swimming». tree →
3) Used before a noun for things meant for swimming: a swimming pool, a swimming costume. tree →
4) Of the head or eyes: feeling dizzy or full of tears (less common: «my head is swimming»). tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and safety: swimming lessons, swimming pools, beach and river safety (swim between the flags, never swim alone, an adult watching). In PE it is a sport with strokes like front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke. In science: fish and many animals are swimming creatures. Phrases: go swimming, swimming pool, swimming costume (UK), swimsuit or bathing suit (US), swimming trunks, swimming lessons, swimming club.
examples
- I go swimming every Saturday morning. tree →
- Swimming is good exercise for the heart. tree →
- We had a swimming lesson at the leisure centre. tree →
- The fish were swimming round and round the tank. tree →
- Only go swimming when a lifeguard or adult is watching. tree →
- Don't forget your swimming goggles. tree →
- In Australia many children learn swimming at school. tree →
- The pool is closed for swimming after dark. tree →
- My head was swimming after the spinning ride. tree →
- Pinocchio went on swimming close to shore. tree →
note
Double m: swim → swimming, swimmer. Past: swam (I swam yesterday); past participle: swum (I have swum a mile). Do not write «swiming» or «swimed». «Swimming» as a sport is uncountable: no «a swimming». Safety myth: waiting an hour after eating is not a strict rule, but never swim alone or in unknown water. In maths problems it often comes with laps or lengths: 4 lengths of a 25 m pool = 100 m.
In the corpora
- Think of a child finishing swimming lessons.
- Fake photos of sharks swimming in flooded streets have spread after many hurricanes; they were edited or taken from somewhere else.
- Sharks have no swim bladder, so many sink if they stop swimming.
- The octopus's body heart stops while it swims, so swimming tires it quickly, and octopuses mostly crawl over the rocks instead.
- Sea turtles cannot pull their heads or flippers into their shells, because their streamlined swimming shells have no room inside.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «swimming» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.