swum

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swum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. Swamor Swum; p. p. Swum; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Swimming.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG.
     swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw["o]mme, Sw.
     simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.]
     1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to
        float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity
        is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
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     2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with
        the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
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              Leap in with me into this angry flood,
              And swim to yonder point.             --Shak.
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     3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6.
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              Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
                                                    --Thomson.
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     4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
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              [They] now swim in joy.               --Milton.
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     5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]
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              [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer.
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  Swum \Swum\,
     imp. & p. p. of Swim.
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