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outswim

outswim verb: to swim faster, farther or better than.

Verb

outswim (third-person singular simple present outswims, present participle outswimming, simple past outswam, past participle outswum)

  1. (transitive) To swim faster, farther or better than.
    • Last July in Berkeley, California, a 38-year-old man under the influence of alcohol drowned after a 50-year-old man offered to give him his car if the younger man could outswim him in San Francisco Bay....That same month a 45-year-old man drowned off Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of Baja...2002 January 11, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader
    • He was not afraid now; tortoises do not fight unless attacked, and the boy could easily outswim any of the clumsy creatures.1917, Florence Partello Stuart, The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy

Forms of outswim

third-person singular presentoutswims
present participleoutswimming
pastoutswam
past participleoutswum

Origin of outswim

From out- + swim.

Questions about outswim

What does outswim mean?
Outswim means to swim faster, farther or better than.
What part of speech is outswim?
Outswim is a verb.
What is the past tense of outswim?
The past tense of outswim is outswam.

Words near outswim in the dictionary

  1. outswept
  2. outswift
  3. outswifted
  4. outswifting
  5. outswifts
  6. outswim
  7. outswimming
  8. outswims
  9. outswindle
  10. outswindled
  11. outswindles

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