"swim the Thames" meaning in All languages combined

See swim the Thames on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: swims the Thames [present, singular, third-person], swimming the Thames [participle, present], swam the Thames [past], swum the Thames [participle, past], cross the Thames [alternative]
Etymology: Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber. Head templates: {{en-verb|swim<,,swam,swum> the Thames}} swim the Thames (third-person singular simple present swims the Thames, present participle swimming the Thames, simple past swam the Thames, past participle swum the Thames)
  1. (intransitive) To convert to Anglicanism. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-swim_the_Thames-en-verb-uMzbWzTW Categories (other): Anglicanism Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swim, the, Thames. Related terms: swim the Tiber (english: convert to Roman Catholicism)
    Sense id: en-swim_the_Thames-en-verb-dcE0wlVP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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