Definitions for swamp

Definitions for (noun) swamp

Main entry: swamp, swampland

Definition: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog


Main entry: swamp

Definition: a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

Usage: he was trapped in a medical swamp


Definitions for (verb) swamp

Main entry: swamp, flood, inundate, deluge

Definition: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Usage: the basement was inundated after the storm; The images flooded his mind


Main entry: swamp, drench

Definition: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

Usage: The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor


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