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swam

/swæm/verb1 syllable

Swam means: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.

Synonyms for swam3

verb, as in be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

float, swim

verb, as in be covered with or submerged in a liquid

swim, drown

verb, as in travel through water

swim

verb, as in be dizzy or giddy

swim

verb, as in move as if gliding through water

swim

What does swam mean?5

verb

1

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

2

be covered with or submerged in a liquid“the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy”

3

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

4

be dizzy or giddy“my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne”

5

move as if gliding through water“this snake swims through the soil where it lives”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with swam?25

two syllables

exam

three syllables

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Swam in a sentence

  • It was hot, so we swam in the pool.CK
  • Gabriel swam towards the collapsible, but got pushed off it by its occupants.Amastan
  • He swam in the rivers, and she bathed in the springs.ddnktr
  • We went to the beach yesterday, but none of us swam.CK
  • I swam in the afternoons during the summer vacation.Eldad
  • Layla swam out of the school of jellyfish.OsoHombre
  • I swam for more than three hours yesterday.CK
  • He swam until he could swim no more.darinmex

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