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# swimmer

«swimmer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person or animal that swims, or who is swimming** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a swimmer, swimmers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A swimmer is a person or animal that swims, or who is swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#m1)

2) A good or strong swimmer can swim well; a weak swimmer cannot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#m2)

3) Swimmers (Australian, informal) are swimming costumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In water safety, even strong swimmers can get into trouble in cold water, currents and rips; swim at lifeguarded beaches between the red and yellow flags, never swim alone, and if a swimmer is in trouble, call for help and throw something that floats — do not jump in. In PE, swimmers race in lanes. In science, fish, dolphins and penguins are fast swimmers. Phrases: a strong swimmer, a weak swimmer, Olympic swimmer, competitive swimmer.

### examples

- She is a very strong swimmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x1)
- The lifeguard watched the swimmers carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x2)
- Even good swimmers should not swim alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x3)
- Dolphins are fast swimmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x4)
- The swimmers dived in when the whistle blew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x5)
- Pack your swimmers and a towel! (Australian) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x6)
- The Tsar was a good swimmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swimmer/#x7)

### note

Spelling: swim + m + er, double m. Words for swimming clothes differ: swimsuit, swimming costume (UK), bathers, togs, swimmers (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland), trunks (for boys). Being a good swimmer in a pool does not mean you are safe in the sea or a river.

### In the corpora

- [Rats are good swimmers and can hold their breath for a few minutes, so they can swim through pipes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/8/)
- [There are real reports of dolphins staying near swimmers in danger, but dolphins are wild animals with big teeth and can be rough.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/11/)
- [Elk are good swimmers and eat water plants as well as twigs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/372-ukraine-s-forests-bison-elk-lynx-wolves-and-carpathian-brown-bears/11/)
- [Water stuck in the ear is drained by tilting the head to that side, because water left there can cause swimmer's ear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/18/)
- [Water under a calm surface can still be moving fast enough to pull a swimmer downstream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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