Outswim

Quick meaning: Outswim is a verb meaning (transitive) To swim faster, farther or better than.

Meaning

(transitive) To swim faster, farther or better than.

Example Sentences

He was not afraid now; tortoises do not fight unless attacked, and the boy could easily outswim any of the clumsy creatures.

Fish! that didst outswim the flood; Tortoise! whereon earth hath stood; Boar! who with thy tush held'st high The world, that mortals might not die; Lion! who hast giants torn; Dwarf! who laugh'dst a king to scorn; Sole Subduer of the Dreaded!

* It scarcely breathes with its one lung (the other shriveled and abortive); it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet "it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger."

Master Frank was two or three years my senior, and before he went to sea, not going to the same school as myself, we got together only during the vacations; when, notwithstanding my prowess, he would fag me desperately at cricket, outswim me on the lake and out-cap me at making Latin verses.

Word Forms

• outswims
• outswimming
• outswam
• outswum

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outsprint, outsail, upswim, outrun, outtrot, outfly.

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