swimmingswim‧ming /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ ●●● S2 noun [uncountable] 
Swimming is great exercise. a swimming club We went swimming on Saturday.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I've been involved in swimming since I was six.
- Are you likely to find the most copious quantities of conditioning in the swimming pool?
- Having looked around, he also realised just how far his reluctant running and swimming had taken him upstream.
- I lay there, my eyes and head swimming through the last forty years until sleep finally bailed me out.
- It is also ideal for swimming, and the gentle gradient of its shores makes it safe for children.
- Local Activities: walks, golf, swimming pool.
- The most luxurious have bars, swimming pools and air-conditioned cabins.
- Walking, running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way.
- Went swimming - temp 73 degrees!
Longman Language Activatorfeeling unsteady and unable to balance
feeling as if everything is spinning around you and unable to balance: · Sometimes I get dizzy at the top of staircases and escalators.· If you feel dizzy or short of breath, stop exercising immediately.
feeling unsteady and unable to balance, sometimes with the result that you want to be sick: · She suddenly felt giddy and had to find somewhere to sit down.
if someone's head is swimming they feel unsteady, unable to see properly, and as though the room is spinning around them very quickly, for example because they are ill or drunk: · My head was swimming, and the floor seemed to be moving up and down.
a place where you do a sport a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: · The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.baseball/football/sports etc field: · The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled· Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.playing field: · Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money.
British a sports field: · Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the matchcricket/football etc pitch: · The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch.
an area with lines painted on the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis or basketball: · The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.tennis/basketball/squash etc court: · The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts.
British a building where you can do various different sports: · The council is planning to build a multi-million pound leisure centre outside the town.
a building where there are machines that you can use to do exercises that make you fitter and stronger, or where you can do exercise classes etc. A gym is also a large room that is built especially for sports to be played in, for example in a school or university: · I've just signed up for an exercise class at the gym.· Ed goes to the gym to do weight training several times a week.· It was raining, so we had to play football in the gym this afternoon.
a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building: · The house, with its own tennis court and swimming-pool, is for sale at £700.000.· There's an open air pool at Woodstock that's great when it's really hot.· What we want is a hotel with a big heated pool, in case it rains.
a large sports field with seats all around it, where people go to watch sports: · The stadium has a capacity of at least 10,000.football/baseball/sports stadium: · Denver has a new airport, a new baseball stadium, and a reputation as a good place to live.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We went swimming on Saturday.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I need to go shopping this afternoon.
We went swimming on Saturday.· A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet.
· the Women's Golf Championship
I need to go shopping this afternoon.· Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Opening times at Kirkby Sports Centre and swimming pool and Heatwaves will all be cut.· Thurso has got a swimming pool and a wine bar.· Local Activities: walks, boat cruises, swimming pool, golf, horse-riding.· Other facilities include two swimming pools and nightly entertainment featuring steel bands, limbo dancing and calypso music.· The Form has a bar, sauna and massage rooms, an outdoor swimming pool as well as clock golf and a tennis court.· The most luxurious have bars, swimming pools and air-conditioned cabins.· A swimming pool and toddlers pool, squash courts, health suite and multi-gym.· They hope to build eight single bedrooms with flats for families and a possible leisure complex with a swimming pool and whirlpool.
VERB· I went swimming, and I was so happy I cried into the sea for three-quarters of an hour.· No, Floogie's my friend, and I go swimming with him every day.· It is a lovely spot, in between the lake where the boys go swimming and a lot of old royal tombs.· For initial lessons students go to a swimming pool in York.· I have joined a barbershop group, I go swimming and walking, I even collected this week for Barnado's.· We're going to play tennis together. Go swimming, maybe.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Barry Wood reports Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals.
- For further details on the Wilson range for ladies, contact your local golf professional.
- From the inter-war years a small number of tennis professionals played tournaments in the United States.
- He was, as golf professionals had been for a hundred years, a serf.
WORD FAMILYnounswimswimmerswimmingverbswimadverbswimmingly
the sport of moving yourself through water using your arms and legs: Swimming is great exercise. a swimming club We went swimming on Saturday.