breaststroke
To swim using this strokeTo swim using this stroke.
» Tom taught me how to swim the breaststroke.
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1 sensesTo swim using this stroke.
Brust schwimmen
плыть бра́ссомplytʹ brássom
- swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg
Examples
4 sentencesTom taught me how to swim the breaststroke.
I can do the breaststroke but not the backstroke.
I can do breaststroke but not backstroke.
deBrustschwimmen kann ich, aber Rückenschwimmen nicht. — raggione
I can do the breaststroke, but not the backstroke.
deIch kann brustschwimmen, aber nicht rückenkraulen. — MUIRIEL
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From breast + stroke.From breast + stroke.
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Forms
breaststrokes, breaststroking, breaststroked, breaststroked| Base form | breaststroke · to breaststroke |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaststrokes |
| Present participle | breaststroking |
| Past simple | breaststroked |
| Past participle | breaststroked |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.