Meaning

1 senses
  1. To swim using this stroke.

    Brust schwimmen

    плыть бра́ссомplytʹ brássom

More definitions
  • swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom taught me how to swim the breaststroke.

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  2. I can do the breaststroke but not the backstroke.

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  3. I can do breaststroke but not backstroke.

    deBrustschwimmen kann ich, aber Rückenschwimmen nicht.

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  4. I can do the breaststroke, but not the backstroke.

    deIch kann brustschwimmen, aber nicht rückenkraulen.

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Translations

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to swim using this stroke:
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to swim using this stroke:

Origin

From breast + stroke.

From breast + stroke.

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Forms

breaststrokes, breaststroking, breaststroked, breaststroked
Base formbreaststroke · to breaststroke
3rd person singularbreaststrokes
Present participlebreaststroking
Past simplebreaststroked
Past participlebreaststroked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybreaststroke
he, she, itbreaststrokes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbreaststroked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave breaststroked
he, she, ithas breaststroked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill breaststroke

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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