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All breaststroke synonyms

breast·stroke
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verb breaststroke

  • legs — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
  • bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
  • glide — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
  • dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
  • float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
  • paddle — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
  • submerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
  • wade — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
  • crawl — When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
  • move — to pass from one place or position to another.
  • slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
  • stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
  • raceCape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
  • freestyle — Swimming. competition in which any of the standard strokes may be used, according to the swimmer's choice. the crawl.
  • skinny-dip — to swim in the nude.
  • dog-paddle — to swim or keep afloat by use of the dog paddle.
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