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preswim

preswim adjective: before a swim.

Adjective

preswim (not comparable)

  1. Before a swim.
    • For Torres, the chore is far more elaborate, as her two stretchers work in tandem to contort and flex her body, in a 20-minute preswim version of the two-hour sequence they do three times a week at her home.2008 June 29, Elizabeth Weil, “A Swimmer of a Certain Age”, in New York Times

Origin of preswim

From pre- + swim.

Questions about preswim

What does preswim mean?
Preswim means before a swim.
What part of speech is preswim?
Preswim is an adjective.

Words near preswim in the dictionary

  1. presweetens
  2. preswell
  3. preswelled
  4. preswelling
  5. preswells
  6. preswim
  7. preswing
  8. preswirl
  9. preswirls
  10. preswollen
  11. presyllabic

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