Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aswim

/əˈswɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aswim
IPA: /əˈswɪm/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Swimming or immersed (in or with something).

adj

Brimming with liquid.

Example Sentences

"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"

Etymology

From a- + swim.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Rhymes With

him jim kim tim gym swim slim trim rim sim pacific rim limb

Questions

How do you pronounce aswim?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈswɪm/.
What does aswim mean?: Swimming or immersed (in or with something).
Where does aswim come from?: From a- + swim.

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