Meaning

1 senses

  1. To swim faster, farther or better than.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Don't try to outswim a bear.

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Origin

From out- + swim.

From out- + swim.

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Forms

outswims, outswimming, outswam, outswum
Base formoutswim · to outswim
3rd person singularoutswims
Present participleoutswimming
Past simpleoutswam
Past participleoutswum

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutswim
he, she, itoutswims

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutswam

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outswum
he, she, ithas outswum

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outswim

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outstandingB1outstandinglyoutstretchoutstripouttaoutwardB1
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