swamp

swamp

 (swŏmp, swômp)

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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swamp′i·ness n.

swamp′y adj.

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swamp

(swɒmp)

n

(Physical Geography)

a. permanently waterlogged ground that is usually overgrown and sometimes partly forested. Compare marsh

b. (as modifier): swamp fever.

vb

1. to drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

2. (Nautical Terms) nautical to cause (a boat) to sink or fill with water or (of a boat) to sink or fill with water

3. to overburden or overwhelm or be overburdened or overwhelmed, as by excess work or great numbers: we have been swamped with applications.

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

5. (tr) to render helpless

[C17: probably from Middle Dutch somp; compare Middle High German sumpf, Old Norse svöppr sponge, Greek somphos spongy]

ˈswampish adj

ˈswampless adj

ˈswampy adj

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swamp

(swɒmp)

n.

1. a tract of wet, spongy land, usu. with abundant vegetation.

v.t.

2. to flood or drench, esp. with water.

3. to sink or fill (a boat) with water.

4. to overwhelm, esp. to overwhelm with an excess of something: swamped with work.

5. to clear underbrush from, esp. to make a trail.

v.i.

6. to fill with water and sink, as a boat.

[1615–25; < Dutch zwamp creek, fen; akin to sump and to Old Norse svǫppr sponge]

swamp′ish, adj.

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swamp

(swŏmp)

An area of low-lying wet or seasonally flooded land, often having trees and dense shrubs or thickets.

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swamp

Past participle: swamped
Gerund: swamping

Imperative

swamp

swamp

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swamp - low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog swampland slough - a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
	2.	swamp - a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp" situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
Verb	1.	swamp - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" drench flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
	2.	swamp - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" deluge, flood, inundate fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

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swamp

noun

1. bog, marsh, quagmire, moss (Scot. & Northern English dialect), slough, fen, mire, morass, everglade(s) (U.S.) Much of the land is desert or swamp.

verb

1. flood, engulf, submerge, inundate, deluge The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.

2. overload, overwhelm, inundate, besiege, beset, snow under We swamp them with praise, make them think that they are important.

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swamp

noun

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water:

bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough, swampland, wetland.

verb

To affect as if by an outpouring of water:

deluge, flood, inundate, overwhelm, whelm.

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Translations

مُسْتَنْقَعيُغْرِق، يُغَطّي بالماء

bažinamočálzaplavit

mosesumpoversvømme

SumpfüberschwemmenFlachmoorMoor

βάλτοςτέλμα

ciénagapantanoembalsaderoempantanarinundar

rabasoo

suoräme

maraismarécageabreuvercomblerinonder

ביצה

močvara

ingoványmocsár

blautlendi, mÿri, fenfylla vatni

paludesommergereinondare

沼地

습지

pelkėtumasužlieti

pārpludinātpurvs

moeras

myroverskylle

bagno

pântanoafundar

болототопь

močvirje

träsk

หนองน้ำ

bataklıkiçine dalmakbasmak

đầm lầy

沼泽淹没

swamp

[swɒmp]

A. N → pantano m, ciénaga f, marisma f

B. VT

1. [+ land] → inundar; [+ boat] → hundir

2. (fig) → abrumar (with con) → agobiar (with de) they have been swamped with applications → se han visto abrumados or desbordados por las solicitudes
we're swamped with work → estamos agobiados de trabajo

C. CPD swamp fever N → paludismo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

swamp

[ˈswɒmp]

n → marais m, marécage m

vt

(= fill with water) [+ boat, field] → inonder

to be swamped with sth (= snowed under) [+ tourists, work, calls, applications] → être inondé(e) de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

swamp

n → Sumpf m

vt → unter Wasser setzen, überschwemmen; (fig: = overwhelm) → überschwemmen; to be swamped with something → mit etw überschwemmt werden

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swamp

:

swamp buggy

n → Sumpffahrzeug nt

swamp fever

n → Sumpffieber nt

swampland

n → Sumpfland nt, → Sumpf m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

swamp

[swɒmp]

1. n → palude f, pantano

2. vt (flood) → inondare, allagare; (boat) → sommergere
to swamp (with) (fig) → sommergere (di)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

swamp

(swomp) noun

(an area of) wet, marshy ground. These trees grow best in swamp(s). moeras مُسْتَنْقَع блато pântano močál der Sumpf sump; mose βάλτοςpantano, ciénaga soo مرداب suo marécageביצה झाबर, अनूप, दलदल močvara, baruština mocsár rawa blautlendi, mÿri, fen palude 沼地 습지 liūnas, pelkė purvs paya moerassump, myr moczary !! added verb – zalewać جبه ، په جبه کی نښتل،خخیدل pântano mlaştină болото močiar močvirje močvara träsk, kärr, sumpmark หนองน้ำ bataklık 沼澤(地) болото, драговина دلدلی علاقہ đầm lầy 沼泽（地）

verb

to cover or fill with water. A great wave swamped the deck. oorstroom يُغْرِق، يُغَطّي بالماء заливам inundar zaplavit überschwemmen oversvømme κατακλύζω, πλημυρίζω empantanar, inundar, anegar üle ujutama آب همه جا را گرفتن huuhtoa inonder לְהָצִיף जल में भर देना, जल से भर जाना, से परेशान करना, धंस जाना, से अभिभूत कराना smočiti, potopiti eláraszt melimbur fylla(st) vatni inondare 水浸しにする 범람하다 užlieti pārpludināt membanjiri overstromen oversvømme/-skylle د ټول ځای اوبه اخیستل inundar a inunda заливать zaplaviť preplaviti poplaviti översvämma, dränka ทำให้ท่วม basmak, içine dalmak 淹沒 болот(я)ний, болотистий دلدل میں دھنسنا یا پھنسنا làm ngập nước, làm ướt đẫm 淹没

ˈswampy adjective

(of land) covered with swamp; marshy. moerasagtig مُسْتَنْقَعي мочурлив pantanoso bažinatý sumpfig sumpet βαλτώδης pantanoso soine مردابي soinen marécageux בִּיצָתִי दलदला अनूपी močvaran, barovit mocsaras berawa blaut-/mÿrlendur paludoso 沼のような 습지의 pelkėtas purvains berpaya moerassigmyrlendt, sump-, sumpetbagnisty جبه pantanoso mlăştinos болотистый močaristý močvirnat močvaran sumpig, sank ซึ่งเป็นหนองน้ำ bataklık 沼澤的 болотяний; болотистий دلدلی علاقہ lầy, như đầm lầy 沼泽的

ˈswampiness noun

moerasagtigheid مُسْتَنْقَعِيَّه мочурливост caráter pantanoso bažinatost die Sumpfigkeit sumpethed το να είναι κάτι βαλτώδες cualidad de pantanoso soisus بطور مردابي soisuus caractère marécageux בִּיצָתִיוּת जल से भरना močvarnost mocsarasság keadaan berawa mÿrlent svæði stato paludoso 湿地状態 습지성 pelkėtumas purvainība berpaya moerassigheid det å være myrlendt/vasstrukken bagnistość د جبی په توګه carácter pantanoso caracter mlăştinos заболоченность močaristosť močvirnost močvarnost sumpighet, sankhet ปลัก; ตม bataklık 沼澤 болотяність دلدلی sự lầy, sự giống như đầm lầy 沼泽

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swamp

→ مُسْتَنْقَع bažina sump Sumpf τέλμα ciénaga suo marais močvara palude 沼地 습지 moeras myr bagno pântano болото träsk หนองน้ำ bataklık đầm lầy 沼泽

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