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Swum meaning

  1. past participle of swim
  2. simple past of swim

Using Swum

  • The main meaning on this page is: past participle of swim | simple past of swim
  • In the example corpus, swum often appears in combinations such as: have swum, ve swum, swum the.

Context around Swum

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

run 1× walked 1× mahal 1× distance 1×

Often after:

walked 1× exercised 1× 4km 1× across 1× away 1×

Sentence patterns with Swum

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

family had swum with a 1× had just swum the 31 1× had walked swum exercised in 1× have run swum walked gigged 1× i ve swum a half 1× i ve swum back clare 1× i ve swum the channel 1× literally have swum to cave 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another 10 000 1× apparently i ve 1× builder justin legge 1× cleopatra may have 1× four people have 1× i had walked 1×

Common sentence endings:

baked and quizzed 1× bearings against hers 1× fears the worst 1× france and england 1× in the ocean 1× it to cuba 1×

Words around Swum

Just before it in the word index:

swu 13 swtpc 2 swtd 3 swt 12 sws 31 swro 2

Just after it in the word index:

swung 385 swus 2 swv 7 sww 9 swx 2 swyers 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 21 abductees 21 abdulahi 21 abetment 21 abhors 21 ablution 21

Corpus analysis for Swum

  • In this selection, "swum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, run, walked, mahal, walked, exercised and 4km stand out and add context to how "swum" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include family had swum with a and had just swum the 31. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "swum" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with swum

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The distance swum is approximately 21 miles, but changes according to the current. (13 words)

Four people have swum it three times in a row (two men, two women). (14 words)

Very few people have swum across Lake Ontario a log strapped to their back. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Ms Buckley told PA: “I’ve swum a half-mile for my 80th year, it felt further than a half-mile, to be truthful, and I had cramp in my left calf so that held me up a bit. (39 words)

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. (39 words)

Unpleasant monkey punches little girl in the face for no reason‘Water level was actually very low & still (not flowing) — you could literally have swum to Cave 5 with no gear, which is obv how the kids got in. (39 words)

Example sentences (17)

I thought it would be a very good achievement just to say that I’ve swum the Channel.

The man was one of three people who had swum out to help a boy struggling in the water at Lake Wakatipu, on the South Island, on Thursday afternoon.

Another £10,000 has already been raised in David's name, by friends and family who have run, swum, walked, gigged, baked and quizzed.

Apparently I've swum back, Clare has caught up, but I was looking really vacant and I clearly had no idea who she is or who I am or where I am.

Cleopatra may have swum there when the region was administered by as part of the Second Triumvirate.

I had walked, swum, exercised in gyms, stretched myself with yoga and found zen in spas.

I’ve never run a marathon before, I’ve never cycled for seven to eight hours in a row, or swum 4km in the ocean.

Ms Buckley told PA: “I’ve swum a half-mile for my 80th year, it felt further than a half-mile, to be truthful, and I had cramp in my left calf so that held me up a bit.

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Tenille Piek, who told ACMearlier this year how her scuba diving family had swum with a blue groper they call Gus at Oak Park for more than 30 years, fears the worst.

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.

Four people have swum it three times in a row (two men, two women).

Life enhancements these are, and enriched am I for having climbed the Great Wall of China, explored Machu Picchu, beheld the Taj Mahal, swum with whale sharks off La Paz and just barely made it to Cuba.

Very few people have swum across Lake Ontario a log strapped to their back.

Even after she’d swum away from us, over to Jezebel, if I found myself alone at the helm, I would check my own bearings against hers.

The distance swum is approximately 21 miles, but changes according to the current.

Unpleasant monkey punches little girl in the face for no reason‘Water level was actually very low & still (not flowing) — you could literally have swum to Cave 5 with no gear, which is obv how the kids got in.

Sadler, p. 344. Ieyasu swam often; even late in his life he is reported to have swum in the moat of Edo Castle.

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Common combinations with swum

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Swum means: past participle of swim
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