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swamp
[ swomp ]
noun
- a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
verb (used with object)
- to flood or drench with water or the like.
- Nautical. to sink or fill (a boat) with water.
- to plunge or cause to sink in or as if in a swamp.
- to overwhelm, especially to overwhelm with an excess of something:
He swamped us with work.
- to render helpless.
- to remove trees and underbrush from (a specific area), especially to make or cleave a trail (often followed by out ).
- to trim (felled trees) into logs, as at a logging camp or sawmill.
verb (used without object)
- to fill with water and sink, as a boat.
- to sink or be stuck in a swamp or something likened to a swamp.
- to be plunged into or overwhelmed with something, especially something that keeps one busy, worried, etc.
swamp
/ ɒ /
noun
- permanently waterlogged ground that is usually overgrown and sometimes partly forested Compare marsh
- ( as modifier )
swamp fever
verb
- to drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- nautical to cause (a boat) to sink or fill with water or (of a boat) to sink or fill with water
- to overburden or overwhelm or be overburdened or overwhelmed, as by excess work or great numbers
we have been swamped with applications
- to sink or stick or cause to sink or stick in or as if in a swamp
- tr to render helpless
swamp
- An area of low-lying wet or seasonally flooded land, often having trees and dense shrubs or thickets.
Derived Forms
- ˈɲ, adjective
- ˈɲ辱, adjective
- ˈɲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ɲ· adjective
- ܲ··ɲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of swamp1
Example Sentences
The lizards are around 21 inches long and feast on leaves, fruits and flowers in the coastal swamps and rainforests of their native islands.
She captured the hearts of Angelenos and was swamped by donations.
Thus, their dining room may be empty one night and swamped the next.
But that fact has itself almost disappeared into a bottomless swamp of procedural questions and jurisdictional disputes and supposed contextual ambiguity, while the human being in question remains in ICE custody into the indefinite future.
"If a tidal wave of Chinese exports ends up swamping those markets and damaging employment and jobs … that's a massive diplomatic and geopolitical headache for the Chinese leadership."
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