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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).moerasمُسْتَنْقَعблатоmočálsump; moseder Sumpfβάλτοςpantano, ciénagasooمردابsuomarécageבִּיצָהझाबर, अनूप, दलदलmočvara, baruštinamocsárrawablautlendi, mÿri, fenpalude沼地소택지, 늪liūnas, pelkėpurvspayamoerassump, myrmoczary !! added verb – zalewaćpântanomlaştinăболотоmočiarmočvirjemočvaraträsk, kärr, sumpmarkหนองน้ำbataklık沼澤(地)болото, драговинаدلدلی علاقہđầm lầy沼泽（地）

v

to cover or fill with water A great wave swamped the deck.oorstroomيُغْرِق، يُغَطّي بالماءзаливамzaplavitoversvømmeüberschwemmenκατακλύζω, πλημυρίζωempantanar, inundar, anegarüle ujutamaآب همه جا را گرفتنtulviainonderלְהָצִיףजल में भर देना, जल से भर जाना, से परेशान करना, धंस जाना, से अभिभूत करानाsmočiti, potopitielárasztmelimburfylla(st) vatniinondare水浸しにする...을 물에 잠기게 하다užlietipārpludinātmembanjirioverstromenoversvømme/-skylleinundara inundaзаливатьzaplaviťpreplavitipoplavitiöversvämma, dränkaทำให้ท่วมbasmak, içine dalmak淹沒болот(я)ний, болотистийدلدل میں دھنسنا یا پھنسناlàm ngập nước, làm ướt đẫm淹没

adj ˈswampy

(of land) covered with swamp; marshy. moerasagtigمُسْتَنْقَعيмочурливbažinatýsumpetsumpfigβαλτώδηςpantanososoineمردابيsoinenmarécageuxבִּיצָתִיदलदला अनूपीmočvaran, barovitmocsarasberawablaut-/mÿrlendurpaludoso沼のような늪이 많은pelkėtaspurvainsberpayamoerassigmyrlendt, sump-, sumpetbagnistypantanosomlăştinosболотистыйmočaristýmočvirnatmočvaransumpig, sankซึ่งเป็นหนองน้ำbataklık沼澤的болотяний; болотистийدلدلی علاقہlầy, như đầm lầy沼泽的

n ˈswampiness

moerasagtigheidمُسْتَنْقَعِيَّهмочурливостbažinatostsumpetheddie Sumpfigkeitτο να είναι κάτι βαλτώδεςcualidad de pantanososoisusبطور مردابيsoisuuscaractère marécageuxבִּיצָתִיוּתजल से भरनाmočvarnostmocsarasságkeadaan berawamÿrlent svæðistato paludoso湿地状態습지pelkėtumaspurvainībaberpayamoerassigheiddet å være myrlendt/vasstrukkenbagnistośćcarácter pantanosocaracter mlăştinosзаболоченностьmočaristosťmočvirnostmočvarnostsumpighet, sankhetการที่น้ำเข้าถึงbataklık沼澤болотяністьدلدلیsự lầy, sự giống như đầm lầy沼泽