Definitions

swam

[swam] / swæm /

VERB

make way through water using arms, legs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bathe crawl dive float glide paddle submerge wade

STRONG

freestyle move practice race skinny-dip slip stroke

WEAK

breast-stroke dog-paddle go for a swim go swimming go wading high-dive take a dip

Antonyms

STRONG

stop

Example Sentences

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It swam free in early May after a water-filled barge carried it into the North Sea.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Several of the riders abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, including one person who jumped over a fence, went into the water and swam away.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

It was believed they swam away together in her underwater home, he added.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Among them is his Oscar-shortlisted “The Deep,” the tale of an Icelandic fisherman who survived a 1984 shipwreck for six hours in 41-degrees-Fahrenheit ocean water, swam to shore and then walked barefoot over lava fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Together, they swam out into the center of the lake.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell