outswimv.
/ˌaʊtˈswɪm/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈswɪm/ transitive. To surpass in swimming; to swim better, faster, or further than.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (transitive)] > swim (a distance or a stroke) > surpass in swimming
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1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. D4v In swiftnesse the Hare will outrunne him, and the Dolphin outswim him.
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. Cv Some on swift Horse-backe to outswim the winde.
1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 29 True, noble Sir; nor do I doubt but your Genius will make Art equal, if not exceed Nature; nor will this or any other Frog upon the face of the Earth out-swim you.
1727 C. Johnson Country Lasses iv. 47 Our moat, Sir, is somewhat wide, but not very clear. Now, unless you can outrun and outswim Towzer, I believe you'll not make a hunting seat of my house in haste.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxiii. 220 I kin outrassel and outswim uncle Bill any day.
1897 Daily News 17 June 5/4 The bird [sc. a penguin] can outswim the fish with the greatest ease.
a1916 J. Todhunter Poison Flower (1927) iii. 126 What, not a word, Though for thy sake I have outswum Leander And passed the gulf?
1975 J. Wyllie Butterfly Flood (1977) xxiv. 177 I can outswim you any time at all. I used to swim for Penn State.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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out-swim v.
Brit. /ˌaʊtˈswɪm/
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1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. D4v The Hare will outrunne him, and the Dolphin outswim him.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 198 It can..outswim the fish.
2002 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. 5 b If it came right down to it, could you outswim a manatee?
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