Verb
The word is derived from swim
of Swim
imp. & p. p. of Swim.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers. Martin Luther King Jr.
I've swum through some very cold and rough seas. I think that's made me more determined than the average person. Lewis Pugh
I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired. David Walliams
It was a downriver 10-K in the mouth of the Amazon. I won in an hour and 20 minutes. It has to be one of the fastest times ever swum. The race director said there were no piranhas in that part of the Amazon. The water was too dirty. Mark Warkentin
Builder Justin Legge, 49, had just swum the 31-mile stretch in 11 hours 36 minutes and was on his way back to with his escort team when they spotted the flimsy inflatable drifting midway between France and England. Source: Internet
Four people have swum it three times in a row (two men, two women). Source: Internet