Swimming

All 22 words in Swimming

• backstroke

  a swimming style in which you lie on your back and move your arms and legs to travel through the water

  She practiced the backstroke for an hour before the competition.

• bathing suit

  A bathing suit is clothing worn for swimming or other activities in water.

  I packed my bathing suit before going to the beach.

• breaststroke

  A swimming stroke in which a swimmer faces down and moves both arms and legs symmetrically.

  She learned breaststroke at the community pool.

• butterfly stroke

  A swimming style in which both arms move forward together over the water while the legs kick together.

  She practiced the butterfly stroke every morning before school.

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  cramp/kɹæmp/

  n. muscle spasm, muscle cramp; v. to spasm, to tighten

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  crawl/kɹɔɫ/v

  n. a swimming stroke in which you lie face down and move your arms over your head one after the other; v. to move forward on your hands and knees.

• diving/ˈdaɪvɪŋ/

  Diving is the sport or activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment or jumping headfirst into water.

• diving board

  A raised platform from which people jump or dive into water.

  She climbed onto the diving board and jumped into the pool.

• dog-paddle

  to swim by moving your hands and feet in a simple, alternating way like a dog

  The child learned to dog-paddle across the shallow end of the pool.

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  drown/draʊn/v

  v. to die under water because you cannot breathe.

• freestyle/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/

  n. a swimming race in which swimmers may use any stroke, in practice almost always the front crawl; n. a style of sport, dance, or music in which the performer improvises.

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  goggles/ˈɡɑɡəlz/n

  n. tight-fitting glasses with a rubber seal, worn to keep water out of your eyes when swimming.

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  lane/leɪn/n

  n. a marked strip of a swimming pool or running track for one competitor; n. a division of a road for a single line of traffic; n. a narrow country road.

• lane marking

  n. the floating ropes, or painted lines on the pool floor, that separate the lanes of a swimming pool; n. a painted line separating lanes of traffic on a road.

  The driver crossed the lane marking without signaling.

• lane rope

  a floating rope that separates the lanes in a swimming pool

  The swimmers held the lane rope while waiting for the race to begin.

• life-saving hook

  A hook-shaped rescue tool used to pull a person to safety, especially from water or another dangerous place.

  The lifeguard used a life-saving hook to pull the swimmer away from the rocks.

• lifebuoy

  A lifebuoy is a floating ring thrown to someone in the water to help them stay afloat.

  The sailor threw a lifebuoy to the swimmer in trouble.

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  lifeguardnoun

  a person who protects people at a beach or swimming pool

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  starting platform

  n. the raised block at the end of a swimming lane that a swimmer dives from at the start of a race.

  The new website served as a starting platform for her online business.

• swim fin

  A fin-shaped piece of equipment worn on the foot to help a person swim.

  The swimmer put on a swimfin before entering the water.

• swimming cap

  A swimming cap is a tight-fitting hat worn to cover the hair while swimming.

  I always wear a swimming cap at the pool.

• swimming trunks

  Short trousers worn for swimming or other activities in the water.

  I packed my swimming trunks before heading to the beach.