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1 swimming
adjective (covered with, or floating in, a liquid: meat swimming in/with grease.) care înoată, înotând (în) -
2 swimming-bath
nouns (an indoor or outdoor pool for swimming in.) -
3 swimming-costume
nouns (a (woman's) garment worn for swimming.) -
4 swimming-pool
nouns (an indoor or outdoor pool for swimming in.) -
5 swimming-trunks
noun plural (short pants worn by boys and men for swimming.) -
6 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) a înota2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) a înota3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) a se învârti2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) înot- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
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7 bathe
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8 flipper
['flipə]1) (a limb for swimming, especially of a seal, walrus etc.) înotătoare2) (a kind of rubber or plastic shoe, worn when swimming, which is shaped like the flipper of a seal etc.) labă de cauciuc -
9 stroke
[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) lovitură2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) lovitură3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) bătaie4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) trăsătură5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) lovitură6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) braţe7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) efort8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) atac cerebral•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) a mângâia2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) mângâiere -
10 trunks
noun plural (short trousers or pants worn by boys or men, especially the type used for swimming: swimming-trunks; He wore only a pair of bathing -trunks.) slip -
11 backstroke
noun (in swimming, a stroke made when lying on one's back in the water: The child is good at backstroke.) înot (pe spate) -
12 bikini
[bi'ki:ni](a brief two-piece swimming costume for women.) bikini -
13 breadth
[bredƟ]1) (width; size from side to side: the breadth of a table.) lăţime2) (scope or extent: breadth of outlook.) lărgime, amploare3) (a distance equal to the width (of a swimming-pool etc).) lăţime -
14 breaststroke
noun (a style of swimming in which the arms are pushed out in front and then sweep backwards.) (stil) bras -
15 cap
[kæp]1) (a hat with a peak: a chauffeur's cap.) şapcă2) (a covering for the head, not with a peak: a swimming cap; a nurse's cap.) cască; bonetă3) (a cover or top (of a bottle, pen etc): Replace the cap after you've finished with the pen.) capac; înveliş•- capped -
16 chlorine
['klo:ri:n](an element, a yellowish-green gas with a suffocating smell, used as a disinfectant etc: They put too much chlorine in the swimming-pool.) clor -
17 co-ordinate
[kəu'o:dineit](to adjust (a movement or action) so that it fits in or works smoothly (with other movements or actions): In swimming the movement of one's arms and legs must be co-ordinated.) a coordona -
18 complex
1. ['kompleks, ]( American[) kəm'pleks] adjective1) (composed of many parts: a complex piece of machinery.)2) (complicated or difficult: a complex problem.) complex2. ['kompleks] noun1) (something made up of many different pieces: The leisure complex will include a swimming-pool, tennis courts, a library etc.) complex2) ((often used loosely) an abnormal mental state caused by experiences in one's past which affect one's behaviour: She has a complex about her weight; inferiority complex.) complex• -
19 contestant
noun (a person who takes part in a contest: He is the youngest contestant in the swimming competition.) concurent -
20 costume
['kostju:m]1) (an outfit, especially for a particular purpose: swimming-costume.) costum2) (dress, clothes: eighteenth-century costume.) costum
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