overswimv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈswɪm/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈswɪm/

Inflections: Present participle overswimming; past tense overswam; past participle overswum;

Forms: see over- prefix and swim v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, swim v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + swim v. Compare Middle Dutch overswemmen, overswimmen (Dutch overzwemmen), Old High German ubarswimman (Middle High German überswimmen).

transitive. To swim or float over, across, or upon. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

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) > swim through, over, or on

through-swimeOE

overswimOE

swima1616

beswim1805

OE Beowulf 2367 Oferswam ða sioleða bigong sunu Ecgðeowes.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. met. v. 8 Oothre beestis..beten the wyndes and overswymmen [L. enatet] the spaces of the longe eir by moyst fleynge.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 47 (MED) Þey come to ryueres or oþer watres þat hadde no brugges ne also myȝt nouȝt be ouerswomme [v.r. ouyr swymme] ne ouerride.

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 70 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Proteus..ouerswims the sea so huge (borne) vpon fishes (backes).

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee3 Great Gormond..Shall ouerswim the sea with many one Of his Norueyses, to assist the Britons fone.

1621 S. Ward Life of Faith xii. 87 The Oyle that euer ouerswims the greatest quantitie of water you can power vpon it.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Picture 133 Dimness o'erswum with lustre.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xv. 143 Fallen the night, he sends out..Well-nigh five hundred men, to overswim That oozy sound.

1998 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 12 a With the floodgates open, that gives the gators a free ride into town. They overswim the canals and lakes and go sneaking through backyards.

Derivatives

† overswimmer n. Obsolete rare something which floats above or in front (in quot. 1633: the omentum).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming over or across > one who

overswimmer1633

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xlv. 28 The first from over-swimming takes his name. [Note] Epiploon (or overswimmer) descends below the navill; and ascends above the highest entrails, of skinny substance all interlaced with fat.

overˈswimming n. rare the action of floating above or in front of something; flooding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming over or across

overswimming1633

1996 I. Bamforth Open Workings 51 Demure sidewalks on stilts for the next great Flood (though here won't be its first overswimming).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overswim
释义	overswimv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈswɪm/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈswɪm/ Inflections: Present participle overswimming; past tense overswam; past participle overswum; Forms: see over- prefix and swim v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, swim v. Etymology: < over- prefix + swim v. Compare Middle Dutch overswemmen, overswimmen (Dutch overzwemmen), Old High German ubarswimman (Middle High German überswimmen). transitive. To swim or float over, across, or upon. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ 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) > swim through, over, or on through-swimeOE overswimOE swima1616 beswim1805 OE Beowulf 2367 Oferswam ða sioleða bigong sunu Ecgðeowes. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. met. v. 8 Oothre beestis..beten the wyndes and overswymmen [L. enatet] the spaces of the longe eir by moyst fleynge. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 47 (MED) Þey come to ryueres or oþer watres þat hadde no brugges ne also myȝt nouȝt be ouerswomme [v.r. ouyr swymme] ne ouerride. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iv. 70 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Proteus..ouerswims the sea so huge (borne) vpon fishes (backes). 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee3 Great Gormond..Shall ouerswim the sea with many one Of his Norueyses, to assist the Britons fone. 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith xii. 87 The Oyle that euer ouerswims the greatest quantitie of water you can power vpon it. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Picture 133 Dimness o'erswum with lustre. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xv. 143 Fallen the night, he sends out..Well-nigh five hundred men, to overswim That oozy sound. 1998 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 12 a With the floodgates open, that gives the gators a free ride into town. They overswim the canals and lakes and go sneaking through backyards. Derivatives † overswimmer n. Obsolete rare something which floats above or in front (in quot. 1633: the omentum). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming over or across > one who overswimmer1633 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xlv. 28 The first from over-swimming takes his name. [Note] Epiploon (or overswimmer) descends below the navill; and ascends above the highest entrails, of skinny substance all interlaced with fat. overˈswimming n. rare the action of floating above or in front of something; flooding. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming over or across overswimming1633 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xlv. 28 The first from over-swimming takes his name. [Note] Epiploon (or overswimmer) descends below the navill; and ascends above the highest entrails, of skinny substance all interlaced with fat. 1996 I. Bamforth Open Workings 51 Demure sidewalks on stilts for the next great Flood (though here won't be its first overswimming). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE
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