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swamp
(swŏmp, swômp)n.
1.
a. An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants.
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.
[Perhaps of Low German origin .]
swamp′i·ness n.
swamp′y adj.
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swamp
(swɒmp)n
(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. (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
[C17: probably from Middle Dutch somp; compare Middle High German sumpf, Old Norse svöppr sponge, Greek somphos spongy]
ˈswampish adj
ˈswampless adj
ˈswampy adj
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swamp
(swɒmp)n.
1. a tract of wet, spongy land, usu. with abundant vegetation.
v.t. 2. to flood or drench, esp. with water.
3. to sink or fill (a boat) with water.
4. to overwhelm, esp. to overwhelm with an excess of something: swamped with work.
5. to clear underbrush from, esp. to make a trail.
v.i. 6. to fill with water and sink, as a boat.
[1615–25; < Dutch zwamp creek, fen; akin to sump and to Old Norse svǫppr sponge]
swamp′ish, adj.
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swamp
(swŏmp) An area of low-lying wet or seasonally flooded land, often having trees and dense shrubs or thickets.
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swamp
Past participle: swamped
Gerund: swamping
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Noun | 1. | swamp - low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog 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" 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" |
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swamp
noun
verb
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swamp
nounverb
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Translations
مُسْتَنْقَعيُغْرِق، يُغَطّي بالماء
bažinamočálzaplavit
mosesumpoversvømme
rabasoo
suoräme
močvara
ingoványmocsár
blautlendi, mÿri, fenfylla vatni
沼地
습지
pelkėtumasužlieti
pārpludinātpurvs
močvirje
träsk
หนองน้ำ
đầm lầy
swamp
[swɒmp]B. VT
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
we're swamped with work → estamos agobiados de trabajo
C. CPD swamp fever N → paludismo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
swamp
[ˈswɒmp] vt
(= fill with water) [+ boat, field] → inonder
to be swamped with sth (= snowed under) [+ tourists, work, calls, applications] → être inondé(e) de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
swamp
n → Sumpf m
vt → unter Wasser setzen, überschwemmen; (fig: = overwhelm) → überschwemmen; to be swamped with something → mit etw überschwemmt werden
swamp
:swamp buggy
n → Sumpffahrzeug nt
swamp fever
n → Sumpffieber nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
swamp
[swɒmp]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
swamp
(swomp) noun (an area of) wet, marshy ground. These trees grow best in swamp(s).
verb to cover or fill with water. A great wave swamped the deck.
ˈswampy adjective (of land) covered with swamp; marshy.
ˈswampiness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
swamp
→ مُسْتَنْقَع bažina sump Sumpf τέλμα ciénaga suo marais močvara palude 沼地 습지 moeras myr bagno pântano болото träsk หนองน้ำ bataklık đầm lầy 沼泽Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009