a-swimadv.
/əˈswɪm/ Swimming, afloat.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adverb] > moving freely on surface
afloat?1473
floatingly1660
natantly1847
a-swim1870
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 125 The shallow flowing sea..set the wrack a-swim.
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adv.1870- to screw around
- to see unto
- to see upon
- to see watch which way the cat jumps
- to see what makes the wheels go round
- to see where a person is coming from
- to see which way the cat jumps
- to see with
- to see with eye
- to see with half an eye
- to see with one's own eyes
- to see with sight
- to see with the left eye
- to see —— from
- to see, etc into a brick wall
- to see, etc into a mud wall
- to see, etc into a stone wall
- to see, etc into a wall
- to see, etc through a brick wall
- to see, etc through a mud wall
- to see, etc through a stone wall
- to see, etc through a wall
- to see, or hear, the beat
- to see, or hear, the beat of
- to see, or show, the lions