morass (redirected from morasses)

mo·rass  (m-rs, mô-)

n.

1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.

2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms: a morass of details.

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[Dutch moeras, from Middle Dutch maras, from Old French mareis, probably of Germanic origin; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

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morass [məˈræs]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a tract of swampy low-lying land

2. a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress

[from Dutch moeras, ultimately from Old French marais marsh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

morass - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot mire, quag, quagmire, slack bog, peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

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morass

noun

1. mess, confusion, chaos, jam (informal), tangle, mix-up, muddle, quagmire I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.

2. marsh, swamp, bog, slough, fen, moss (Scot. & Northern English dialect), quagmire, marshland a morass of gooey mud

Translations

morass [məˈræs] N → cenagal m, pantano m
a morass of problems → un laberinto de problemas
a morass of figures → un mar de cifras

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morass [məˈræs] n [corruption, problems] → bourbier m
a legal morass → un bourbier judiciaire
an economic morass → un bourbier économique

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morass

n → Morast m, → Sumpf m (also fig); to be sucked into the morass (of vice) → sich immer tiefer (im Laster) verstricken; a morass of problems → ein Wust m → von Problemen; a morass of emotions → ein Wirrwarr m → der Gefühle

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morass [məˈræs‘] n → pantano, palude f (fig) → pantano

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morass [məˈræs‘] n → pantano, palude f (fig) → pantano

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morass

n morass [məˈrӕs]

a bog or swamp. moeras مُسْتَنْقَع، أرْض سَبْخَه тресавище močál morads der Morast βάλτος ciénaga mädasoo مرداب räme marécage בִּיצָה दलदल bara, močvara mocsár rawa mÿrlendi, fen palude 低湿地 저습지대 liūnas, klampynė purvs; slīkšņa paya gambut moeras myr, sump bagno pântano mlaş­tină болото; трясина močiar močvirje baruština moras, träsk หล่ม bataklık 沼澤 болото, трясовина پھندا، دلدل đầm lầy; bãi lầy 沼泽