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swamp  (swmp, swômp)

n.

1.

a. A seasonally flooded bottomland with more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.

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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[Perhaps of Low German origin .]

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swampi·ness n.

swampy adj.

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swamp [swɒmp]

n

(Earth Sciences / 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. (Transport / 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

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

swampish  adj

swampless  adj

swampy  adj

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swamp  (swmp)

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

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

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.

Translations

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

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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

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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

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swamp [swɒmp]

1. n → palude f, pantano

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

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swamp [swɒmp]

1. n → palude f, pantano

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

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swamp

n swamp [swomp]

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

v

to cover or fill with water A great wave swamped the deck. oorstroom يُغْرِق، يُغَطّي بالماء заливам zaplavit oversvømme überschwemmen κατακλύζω, πλημυρίζω empantanar, inundar, anegar üle ujutama آب همه جا را گرفتن tulvia 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 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

adj swampy

(of land) covered with swamp; marshy. moerasagtig مُسْتَنْقَعي мочурлив bažinatý sumpet sumpfig 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 moerassig myrlendt, sump-, sumpet bagnisty pantanoso mlăştinos болотистый močaristý močvirnat močvaran sumpig, sank ซึ่งเป็นหนองน้ำ bataklık 沼澤的 болотяний; болотистий دلدلی علاقہ lầy, như đầm lầy 沼泽的

n swampiness

moerasagtigheid مُسْتَنْقَعِيَّه мочурливост bažinatost sumpethed die Sumpfigkeit 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 습지 pelkėtumas purvainība berpaya moerassigheid det å være myrlendt/vasstrukken bagnistość carácter pantanoso caracter mlăştinos заболоченность močaristosť močvirnost močvarnost sumpighet, sankhet การที่น้ำเข้าถึง bataklık 沼澤 болотяність دلدلی sự lầy, sự giống như đầm lầy 沼泽

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