aswim
- adjective
- /əˈswɪm/
- Archaic
:
inundado
- After the heavy rain, the fields were aswim with puddles and mud.
Examples
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The boat appeared aswim in the moonlit lake, gently rocking on the water.
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Her eyes were aswim with tears as she listened to the sad story.
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The lake was aswim with fish during the summer.
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Is the pool still aswim with children?
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After the heavy rain, the fields were aswim with puddles and mud.
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The lake was aswim with fish during the summer.
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The boat appeared aswim in the moonlit lake, gently rocking on the water.
Synonyms
800
1.0
Covered with liquid so it is not dry
22
1.0
Wet, often with small drops like sweat or tears
2
4.6
Covered with water or flooded
1
3.4
Covered with water after heavy rain or a flood
A craft or object that floats on water like a boat
Floating on water without sinking
Very wet and full of water
So wet that water falls from it
Antonyms
How Wet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aswim originally meant 'in water', from a- 'in' and swim 'to move in water', so it describes things full of or floating on water. That's why you can say a field is aswim with puddles or a boat looks aswim on the lake.