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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 byout ).
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- swampish adjective
- underswamp noun
- ˈɲ adjective
- ˈɲ辱 adjective
- ˈɲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swamp1
Example Sentences
Its velvety, heart-shaped leaves shield a single burnt-mauve flower at the base, looking more like an orchid from the Florida swamps than something you’d expect to see near the river between Iowa and Illinois.
The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts.
Genre geeks love stories that dance in foggy moral swamps, but in choosing a character through which to express our power fantasies, we prefer to be clear about the side we’re taking.
Posing as an aristocratic novelist, she saw an opportunity to make a fortune - by convincing 1,000 islanders to relocate to a patch of Australian swamp.
"We're not swamped with applications" for new roles, he added and "trying to find the right person with the right skills is really difficult."
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