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# sidestroke

«sidestroke» in Mova's school dictionary: **A way of swimming while lying on your side, pushing with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sidestroke — uncountable; a sidestroke)

### meaning for a pupil

A way of swimming while lying on your side, pushing with a scissor kick and moving your arms alternately under the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In swimming lessons and lifesaving, sidestroke is useful because you can keep your face out of the water and pull a person along. It is calm and saves energy. Phrases: swim sidestroke, do the sidestroke.

### examples

- Lifeguards learn sidestroke to tow people to safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#x1)
- I swam a length of sidestroke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#x2)
- Sidestroke uses a scissor kick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#x3)
- Grandma swims sidestroke so her hair stays dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#x4)
- Sidestroke is slow but restful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#x5)
- Our teacher showed us sidestroke after backstroke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/#x6)

### note

One word, like backstroke and breaststroke. Usually uncountable: "swim sidestroke". Not an Olympic racing stroke (those are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sidestroke» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.