NATATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does natation mean? 

• NATATION (noun)
  The noun NATATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of someone who floats on the water

  Familiarity information: NATATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of someone who floats on the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

floating; natation

Hypernyms ("natation" is a kind of...):

swim; swimming (the act of swimming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natation"):

dead-man's float; prone float (a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward)