swimming-n; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: moving through water

Commentary: Moving through water, usually as a sport. Not a one-time event, but an activity or process.

Examples:
I got into USA Swimming in high school.
Swimming is good exercise.
John was a swimming official at the Olympics.
I studied the swimming of fish for a biology project.
Is the swimming of the chemical blob a goal-oriented behavior?

Mappings:
PropBank: swimming.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: specific act of swimming

Commentary: SWIMMING[+event] A specific act of swimming, as a one-time event. Can be bounded by time.

Examples:
This trophy commemorates the first swimming of the English Channel.
The swimming of the race will occur at noon, and it will take approximately three minutes.

Mappings:
PropBank: swimming
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: -