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Swimming

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Similar meaning 4

Horizontal 84% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Horizontal 84% connected

Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tearful 84% connected

Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tearful 84% connected

Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 7

Bathe 76% connected

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dive 76% connected

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diving 76% connected

of Dive

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Floating 76% connected

of Float

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Natation 76% connected

The act of floating on the water; swimming.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Swim 74% connected

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Swim 74% connected

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Liquid 92% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Naiant 92% connected

See Natant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swim 92% connected

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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