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Definition of Treading water
1. Noun. A stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms.
Definition of Treading water
1. Verb. (present participle of tread water) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Treading Water
Literary usage of Treading water
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Swimming Scientifically Taught: A Practical Manual for Young and Old by Frank Eugen Dalton (1912)
"... DIVING AND SCIENTIFIC SWIMMING treading water TREADING water is a very useful
and necessary adjunct to swimming, especially so to the person who either ..."
2. Swimming by Archibald Sinclair, William Henry (1893)
"treading water It is generally imagined that treading water is a very easy method
of progression, possibly because the action by which it is accomplished ..."
3. Elbow-room: A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark, Arthur Burdett Frost (1876)
"Butterwick got out, however, into the stream, and as he emerged, spluttering and
blowing, he struck against a stranger who was treading water. ..."
4. The Cloister and the Hearth: Or, Maid, Wife, and Widow; a Matter-of-fact Romance by Charles Reade (1861)
"... chaffed them a little space, treading water, Vhen turned and swam wearily all
across, and at last was obliged to get out, for very shame, ..."
5. Calisthenics and Light Gymnastics for Home and School by Alfred M. A. Beale (1888)
"treading water. This differs little from the system just described. ... There is,
however, another mode of treading water, in which the thighs are separated ..."
6. The Art of Swimming: A Practical Working Manual, Graphically Illustrated by Richard Francis Nelligan (1906)
"treading water with Arms above Surface. This is a somewhat difficult movement,
owing, principally, to the fact that the arms and shoulders should be well ..."
7. Modern Swimming: An Illustrated Manual by Joseph Henry Patrick Brown (1916)
"... CHAPTER X THE CORKSCREW; treading water; THE PENDULUM; THE LOG-ROLL THE CORKSCREW.
First, take the back-floating position. ..."
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