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overswim en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + swim.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To swim too fast or too strenuously.
    • This is particularly true in the 100-meter race, where the temptation to overswim the first 50 meters can be strong. The desire to take it out fast can backfire when the swimmers goes into a vertical body position in the final 10 meters. 2001, Dick Hannula, The Swim Coaching Bible, Volume II, page 182:
  2. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To flood or inundate.

Forms

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overswimming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overswam Tense=Past lexicographic
overswims Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overswum Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic