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swum

[swuhm]

verb

  1. the past participle of swim.



swum

/ swʌm /

verb

  1. the past participle of swim

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He has picked his way across roads and railways, forded local streams and swum across the River Danube.

From BBC

Heather Hamilton, who snorkels off the coast of Cornwall virtually every week with her father David, has swum through large blooms of salps, a species that looks a bit like a jellyfish.

From BBC

While I’ve never swum with sharks, I have dedicated a significant portion of my life to journalism and cultural criticism.

From Salon

He did find time to worry that the young and famous who rise rapidly might be abandoned once they've swum out too far.

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So desperate are they to find safety that some have even crossed the Rusizi river in makeshift vessels or swum to reach Burundi, despite the dangerous journey killing many people including a three-year-old child.

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