swamp

Definition of Swamp in English :

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Noun

1. swamp, swampland

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

swampland

2. swamp

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

Example Sentences:
'he was trapped in a medical swamp'

Verb

3. drench, swamp

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

Example Sentences:
'The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor'

drench

4. deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Example Sentences:
'the basement was inundated after the storm'
'The images flooded his mind'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Swamp

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noun

1.

a.

permanently waterlogged ground that is usually overgrown and sometimes partly forested

Compare marsh

b.

(as modifier)

swamp fever

verb

2.

to drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

3. nautical

to cause (a boat) to sink or fill with water or (of a boat) to sink or fill with water

4.

to overburden or overwhelm or be overburdened or overwhelmed, as by excess work or great numbers

we have been swamped with applications

5.

to sink or stick or cause to sink or stick in or as if in a swamp

6. (transitive)

to render helpless

Swamp

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noun

1.

a piece of wet, spongy land that is permanently or periodically covered with water, characterized by growths of shrubs and trees; marsh; bog

adjective

2.

of or native to a swamp

verb transitive

3.

to plunge or sink in a swamp, deep water, etc.

4.

to flood or submerge with or as with water

5.

to overcome or overwhelm; ruin

swamped by debts

6.

to sink (a boat) by filling with water

7. US

to make (a path) or clear (an area) by removing underbrush and slash, as in logging

verb intransitive

8.

to become swamped; sink in or as in a swamp

Swamp

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n.

1.

a. An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants.

b. A lowland region saturated with water.

2. A situation or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables: a financial swamp.

v. swamped, swamp·ing, swamps

v.tr.

1. To drench in or cover with or as if with water.

2. To inundate or burden; overwhelm: She was swamped with work.

3. Nautical To fill (a ship or boat) with water to the point of sinking it.

v.intr.

To become full of water or sink.

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