swum

[ swuhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

swum

/ swʌm /

How does swum compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

He’s swum the Strait of Gibraltar, raced in the Sahara Desert, and rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

I might have gotten into tech if I hadn’t done this, but whatever it would’ve been, I would’ve swum real fast.

From Ozy

Some he ordered off to the stables to get horses, for if Garnache had survived his leap and swum the moat, they must give chase.

I supposed he must have swum the strait; though what should bring any creature to Earraid was more than I could fancy.

On his first journey Fabri had swum across, but on the return had been seized with panic and nearly drowned.

Even now I see him coming; the shallow streams he has forded; the deep rivers he has swum.

When it became known that Grettir had swum a sea-mile, every one thought his courage extraordinary both on sea and on land.

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