Definition of Overswim

1. to swim across [v OVERSWAM, OVERSWUM, OVERSWIMMING, OVERSWIMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overswim

overswarming
overswarms
oversway
oversways
oversweet
oversweeten
oversweetened
oversweetening
oversweetens
oversweetness
oversweetnesses
overswell
overswelled
overswelling
overswells
overswim (current term)
overswims
overswing
overswinging
overswings
overswum
overswung
oversystematise
oversystematised
oversystematises
oversystematising
oversystematize
oversystematized
oversystematizes
oversystematizing

Literary usage of Overswim

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"But fallen the night, he sends out tall Batavians, Well-nigh five hundred men, to overswim That oozy sound, on udders,1 with their arms : And promised meed, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... thwart (ar- chaic), overthwart (rare); spec, swim, overswim (rare), raft, overstep, repass, recross, leap, jump, etc. 5. interbreed, mix, crossbreed, ..."

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