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WATER SPORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sports that involve bodies of water
Synonyms:
aquatics; water sport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("water sport" is a kind of...):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Domain member category:
fin (propel oneself through the water in a finning motion)
paddle (swim like a dog in shallow water)
crawl (swim by doing the crawl)
breaststroke (swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg)
backstroke (swim on one's back)
dive (plunge into water)
belly-flop (dive so that one hits the water with one's belly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water sport"):
swim; swimming (the act of swimming)
surfboarding; surfing; surfriding (the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave)
water-skiing (skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat)
