# swimming

Pronunciation: say "SWIM-ing" /ˈswɪmɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The activity or skill of staying afloat and moving through water using the body.
   - Simple: Moving through water by using your arms and legs to stay up.
   - _Swimming builds endurance without putting stress on the joints._
   - _He took up swimming after his doctor recommended low-impact exercise._
3. A dizzy, reeling sensation in the head, as in vertigo.
   - Simple: A dizzy feeling, as if the room is spinning around you.
   - _A faint swimming in the head warned her she might pass out._
   - _The heat brought on a swimming that forced him to steady himself against the wall._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of swim. — present participle and gerund of swim
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of swim. Use this form for something happening now.
   - _Dolphins were swimming alongside the boat for nearly an hour._
   - _She kept swimming until she finally reached the far shore._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — From Middle English swymmynge, formed from the verb "swim" (to move through water) plus the suffix "-ing", which makes gerunds.
**Meaning 3** — From the verb "swim" (to be dizzy) plus the suffix "-ing", which forms gerunds.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/swimming (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).