Definition of swam

"swam" in the verb sense

1. swim

travel through water

"We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"

"a big fish was swimming in the tank"

2. float, swim

be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

3. swim

be dizzy or giddy

"my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne"

4. swim, drown

be covered with or submerged in a liquid

"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

5. swim

move as if gliding through water

"this snake swims through the soil where it lives"

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Quotations for swam

I never saw an eye so bright,
And yet so soft as hers;
It sometimes swam in liquid light.
And sometimes swam in tears;
It seemed a beauty set apart
For softness and for signs. [ Mrs. Welby ]

And O the buttercups! that field
O' the cloth of gold, where pennons swam -
Where France set up his lilied shield,
His oriflamb,
And Henry's lion-standard rolled:
What was it to their matchless sheen,
Their million million drops of gold
Among the green! [ Jean Ingelow ]

swam in Scrabble®

The word swam is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters swam:

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swam in Words With Friends™

The word swam is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters swam:

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Words within the letters of swam

2 letter words in swam (3 words)

3 letter words in swam (4 words)

4 letter words in swam (Anagrams) (2 words)

swam + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence swam

Words with swam in them (1 word)

Words that end with swam (3 words)

Word Growth involving swam

Shorter words in swam

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Longer words containing swam

outswam

overswam

swami swamies

swami swamis

swamp swampable

swamp swampberries

swamp swampberry

swamp swamped

swamp swamper swampers

swamp swampier

swamp swampiest

swamp swampiness

swamp swamping

swamp swampish

swamp swampland swamplands

swamp swampless

swamp swamps

swamp swampy

swamy