swamp
11swamp — index immerse (plunge into), inundate, overcome (overwhelm) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12swamp — ► NOUN ▪ a bog or marsh. ► VERB 1) overwhelm or flood with water. 2) overwhelm with too much of something; inundate. DERIVATIVES swampy adjective. ORIGIN probably ultimately from a Germanic base meaning sponge or fungus …
13Swamp — A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammocks, or dry land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation… …
14swamp — swampish, adj. /swomp/, n. 1. a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. v.t. 2. to flood or drench with water or the like. 3. Naut. to sink or fill (a boat) with… …
15swamp — swamp1 [ swamp ] verb 1. ) transitive usually passive to give someone too much to deal with at one time: swamp someone with something: Online bookstores were swamped with orders during the pre Christmas rush. 2. ) transitive usually passive to… …
16swamp — I UK [swɒmp] / US [swɑmp] verb [transitive] Word forms swamp : present tense I/you/we/they swamp he/she/it swamps present participle swamping past tense swamped past participle swamped 1) [usually passive] to give someone too much to deal with at …
17swamp — I. /swɒmp / (say swomp) noun 1. a piece or tract of wet, spongy land; marshy ground; an area of still, often stagnant water. 2. a tract of soft, wet ground having a growth of certain kinds of trees, but unfit for cultivation. –verb (t) 3. to… …
18swamp — I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of Middle English sompe, from Middle Dutch somp morass; akin to Middle High German sumpf marsh, Greek somphos spongy Date: 1624 1. a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water; especially… …
19swamp — v. (d; tr.) to swamp by, with (they were swamped with work) * * * [swɒmp] with (they were swamped with work) (d; tr.) to swamp by …
20swamp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. swampland, marsh, bog, wetland, moor, slough, fen, morass, quagmire. v. t. submerge, sink, flood, inundate, immerse, drench, deluge; over whelm, snow under. See moisture, water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn …
