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swum

American  
[swuhm] / swʌm /

verb

  1. the past participle of swim.


swum British  
/ swʌm /

verb

  1. the past participle of swim

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She didn’t know if she could have swum in those waves anyway.

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An alpine lake I had once swum in.

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It was an oval basket, woven with an interior funnel into which a hapless river prawn had swum.

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The feast has even swum its way into pop culture.

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He and his crew had swum another mile to Olasana Island in search of food and water.

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