American English pronunciation

How to pronounce swum

IPA transcription: [s'wʌm]

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Verb

  • travel through water

    “We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore”

    “a big fish was swimming in the tank”

  • be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

  • be dizzy or giddy

    “my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne”

  • be covered with or submerged in a liquid

    “the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy”

  • move as if gliding through water

    “this snake swims through the soil where it lives”