overswim
English
Etymology
over- + swim
Verb
overswim (third-person singular simple present overswims, present participle overswimming, simple past overswam, past participle overswum)
- (transitive) To swim too fast or too strenuously.
- The Swim Coaching Bible, Volume II (page 182)
- This is particularly true in the 100-meter race, where the temptation to overswim the first 50 meters can be strong. The desire to take it out fast can backfire when the swimmers goes into a vertical body position in the final 10 meters.
- The Swim Coaching Bible, Volume II (page 182)
- (transitive, archaic, poetic) To flood or inundate.