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| backstroke |
to swim using a backstroke. [1/3 definitions] |
| dip |
a brief swim. [1/15 definitions] |
| fish ladder |
a series of pools at gradually increasing heights that allows fish, such as salmon, to swim upstream around a dam or other obstruction. |
| outswim |
combined form of swim. |
| paddle |
to swim through water with short forward strokes in a manner similar to crawling, or to make similar motions in water without moving forward. [1/8 definitions] |
| pentathlon |
in the Olympic games, a five-event contest in which each competitor must ride, on horseback, a cross-country course, run cross-country, swim, fence, and shoot a pistol. [1/2 definitions] |
| salmon |
any of various edible saltwater fishes with tender, pinkish flesh that are related to trout, inhabit waters in the north, and characteristically swim up streams to spawn in fresh water. [1/2 definitions] |
| scallop |
any of various sea mollusks that have rounded, ribbed, bivalve shells and are able to swim rapidly. [1/6 definitions] |
| shad |
any of several edible fishes of the herring family that swim up streams to spawn. [1/2 definitions] |
| skinny-dip |
(informal) to swim without clothing; swim nude. [1/2 definitions] |
| swam |
past tense of swim. |
| swum |
past participle of swim. |
| verbal noun |
a noun that is derived from a verb; gerund, such as "driving" in "He hates driving," or infinitive, such as "to swim" in "She loves to swim". |
| water wings |
an air-filled, wing-shaped device used to support the body of someone learning to swim. |
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