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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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Example Sentences

Speaking to BBC News NI, they said he had previously swum competitively, including representing his university in varsity competitions.

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One has swum the English Channel seven times.

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Britain's Adam Peaty is the greatest sprint breaststroker in history, having swum the 14 fastest times of all time and taken gold at the past two Olympics.

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Dr. Braczkowski and his team had seen Jacob and his brother on the other side of the channel three times, and had assumed that the lions had swum between the two shores.

Around 40 people have swum the Channel two ways.

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