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swamp

/ swamp /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Type of:
wetland
Kinds of:
Everglades Okefenokee Swamp slough
Derived:
drench
noun Sense 2
a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
"he was trapped in a medical swamp"
Type of:
situation
verb Sense 3
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
"The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
Type of:
flood
Derived:
swampland
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
"the basement was inundated after the storm"
"The images flooded his mind"
Type of:
fill fill up make full
Derived:
flood inundation deluge torrent alluvion
See also:
flood in
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
Semantic Complexity
71%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
17
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

wetland Everglades Okefenokee Swamp slough situation flood fill fill up make full