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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

Noun

an area of permanently waterlogged land; bog

Verb

1. Naut to cause (a boat) to sink or fill with water

2. to overwhelm (a person or place) with more than can be dealt with or accommodated [probably from Middle Dutch somp]

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 1. bog, marsh, quagmire, moss Scot., Northern English (dialect) slough, fen, mire, morass, everglade(s) U.S. pakihi N.Z. muskeg Canad.

verb 2. flood, engulf, submerge, inundate, deluge

verb 3. overload, overwhelm, inundate, besiege, beset, snow under

Translations

swamp [swɔmp] n → pantano, ciénaga

vt → abrumar, agobiar

swamp [swɔmp] n → marais m, marécage m

vt → submerger

swamp [swɔmp] n → Sumpf m

vt (lit, fig) → überschwemmen

swamp [swɔmp] n → palude f

vt → sommergere

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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 소택지, 늪 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 ...을 물에 잠기게 하다 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 ˈswampy

(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 늪이 많은 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 ˈswampiness

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