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a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.[1865-70, Amer.]
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Swimming Hole — Swimming Thomas Eakins, 1885 Öl auf Leinwand, 69,5 cm × 92,4 cm Amon Carter Museum Swimming (oder Swimming Hole) ist ein Ölgemälde aus dem Jahr 1885 von Thomas Eakins. Abgebildet sind Eakins, einige seiner Studenten und sein schwimmender Hund.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
swimming hole — ☆ swimming hole n. a pond or a deep place in a river, creek, etc. used for swimming … English World dictionary
Swimming hole — Definitions A swimming hole is a place in a river, stream, creek, spring, or similar natural body of water, which is large enough and deep enough for a person to swim in. Common usage usually refers to fresh, moving water and thus not to oceans… … Wikipedia
swimming hole — noun a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑pond, ↑pool * * * noun, pl ⋯ holes [count] US : a place in a river, pond, etc., where people swim The boys cooled off at the swimming… … Useful english dictionary
swimming hole — swim′ming hole n. a place, as in a stream, where there is water deep enough for swimming • Etymology: 1865–70, amer … From formal English to slang
Tad's Swimming Hole — Infobox Film name = Tad s Swimming Hole image size = caption = director = King Vidor producer = Judge Willis Brown writer = Judge Willis Brown narrator = starring = Ernest Butterworth music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 20 … Wikipedia
The Swimming Hole — est un tableau du peintre américain Thomas Eakins réalisé en 1884 1885. C est une huile sur toile représentant six hommes nus se baignant au bord d un lac et s inspirant de photographies prises par l artiste … Wikipédia en Français
hole — [hōl] n. [ME < OE hol, orig. neut. of adj. holh, hollow, akin to Ger hohl < IE base * kaul , *kul , hollow, hollow stalk > L caulis, Gr kaulos, stalk] 1. a hollow or hollowed out place; cavity; specif., a) an excavation or pit ☆ b) a… … English World dictionary
swimming — prp. of SWIM (Cf. swim) (v.). Swimming hole is from 1867; swimming pool is from 1899 … Etymology dictionary
Swimming — Thomas Eakins, 1885 Öl auf Leinwand, 69,5 cm × 92,4 cm Amon Carter Museum Swimming (oder Swimming Hole) ist ein Ölgemälde von Thomas Eakins … Deutsch Wikipedia
