aswim

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English

Etymology

a- +‎ swim

Adjective

aswim

  1. Brimming with liquid.
    eyes aswim with tears
  2. Swimming or immersed (in something).
    • 2014, Natalie Angier, Woman: An Intimate Geography (Revised and Updated):
      By this generous, almost communistic imagery, we are all aswim in the same great gene pool, or fishers from the river of human perpetuity. If my line comes up empty, perhaps you will share your catch with me.

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