1. [n]  the act of swimming
2. [adj]  (heraldry) applied to a fish depicted horizontally
3. [adj]  filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"

Swimming
Swim as swiftly as a fish! Swimming: Steps to Success provides expert instruction and 134 drills to help you learn and master basic strokes, dives, and other aquatic skills. By following the book`s sequential lessons and studying the 130 illustrations, you`ll learn how to perform, analyze, and correct errors in your technique. The drills come with performance goals and a list of key points to remember, and they often include instructions for increasing or decreasing the level of difficulty. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book will help you become a confident and capable swimmer.

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1. \Swim"ming\, a.
   1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
      swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
   2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
   {Swimming bell} (Zo["o]l.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
      {Siphonophora}.
   {Swimming crab} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      marine crabs, as those of the family {Protunid[ae]}, which
      have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs
      flattened so as to serve as fins.
   

2. \Swim"ming\, n.
   The act of one who swims.
   

3. \Swim"ming\, a. [From {Swim} to be dizzy.]
   Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming
   brain.
   

4. \Swim"ming\, n.
   Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. --Dryden.