Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who swims.

    Schwimmer, Schwimmerin

    плове́цplovéc, пловчи́хаplovčíxa

    плавецьplavecʹ, плавчиняplavčynja

  2. A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

  3. A webfooted aquatic bird.

  4. (colloquial, in the plural)A sperm.

  5. (UK, informal)A Norfolk dumpling.

More definitions
  • a person who travels through the water by swimming
  • a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

Examples

313 sentences
  1. I was never a good swimmer.

    Я ніколи не плавав добре.

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  2. Tom's dog is a pretty good swimmer.

    Собака Тома досить непогано плаває.

    ruСобака Тома неплохо плавает.

    deToms Hund ist ein wirklich guter Schwimmer.

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  3. You're a very good swimmer, aren't you?

    Ти дуже добре плаваєш, еге ж?

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  4. You're a better swimmer than I am.

    Ти краще плаваєш, ніж я.

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  5. Tom and I are both good swimmers.

    Ми з Томом добре плаваємо.

    ruМы с Томом оба хорошо плаваем.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
By meaning 1
one who swims:
Deutsch
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one who swims:

Origin

From Middle English swimmere, equivalent to swim + -er. The dumplings are so called becaus

From Middle English swimmere, equivalent to swim + -er. The dumplings are so called because they are often served in stew.

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Forms

plural: swimmers
Singularswimmer
Pluralswimmers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • better better swimmer
  • better swimmer than
  • good swimmer
  • a good swimmer
  • fast swimmer
  • better swimmer
  • best best swimmer
  • pretty good swimmer
  • a fast swimmer
  • very fast swimmer
  • very good swimmer
  • faster swimmer than

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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