overswim

1. (transitive) To swim too fast or too strenuously.Examples: "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."transitive

2. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To flood or inundate.archaicpoetictransitive