What does aswim mean?
Aswim means Swimming or immersed (in or with something)..
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/əˈswɪm/ · adjective
Swimming or immersed (in or with something)..
The mules […] were alternately aswim and walking, the length of our team constituting our greatest safety; for when the wheel mules would be out of their depth, the lead and middle ones might not be over knee-deep, and vice versâ,
[…] his mind was aswim with imagined conspiracies;
[…] he looked to our own Greek diet—our eggplant aswim in tomato sauce, our cucumber dressings and fish-egg spreads […]
By this generous, almost communistic imagery, we are all aswim in the same great gene pool, or fishers from the river of human perpetuity. If my line comes up empty, perhaps you will share your catch with me.
eyes aswim with tears
Use aswim when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Aswim means Swimming or immersed (in or with something)..
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The mules […] were alternately aswim and walking, the length of our team constituting our greatest safety; for when the wheel mules would be out of their depth, the lead and middle ones might not be over knee-deep, and vice versâ,
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