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swamp

[ swomp ]

noun

  1. a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.


verb (used with object)

  1. to flood or drench with water or the like.
  2. Nautical. to sink or fill (a boat) with water.
  3. to plunge or cause to sink in or as if in a swamp.
  4. to overwhelm, especially to overwhelm with an excess of something:

    He swamped us with work.

  5. to render helpless.
  6. to remove trees and underbrush from (a specific area), especially to make or cleave a trail (often followed by out ).
  7. to trim (felled trees) into logs, as at a logging camp or sawmill.

verb (used without object)

  1. to fill with water and sink, as a boat.
  2. to sink or be stuck in a swamp or something likened to a swamp.
  3. to be plunged into or overwhelmed with something, especially something that keeps one busy, worried, etc.

swamp

/ ²õ·ÉÉ’³¾±è /

noun

    1. permanently waterlogged ground that is usually overgrown and sometimes partly forested Compare marsh
    2. ( as modifier )

      swamp fever

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
  2. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

swamp

/ ²õ·Éų¾±è /

  1. An area of low-lying wet or seasonally flooded land, often having trees and dense shrubs or thickets.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ·É²¹³¾±è²â, adjective
  • ˈ²õ·É²¹³¾±è¾±²õ³ó, adjective
  • ˈ²õ·É²¹³¾±è±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ·É²¹³¾±è·¾±²õ³ó adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð°ù·²õ·É²¹³¾±è noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swamp1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Dutch zwamp “creek, fenâ€; akin to sump and to Middle Low German swamp, Old Norse ²õ±¹Ç«±è±è°ù “s±è´Ç²Ô²µ±ðâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swamp1

C17: probably from Middle Dutch somp; compare Middle High German sumpf, Old Norse ²õ±¹Ã¶±è±è°ù sponge, Greek somphos spongy
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But this week's events have revealed that the RN is enthusiastically committed to the distinctly Trump-ian and populist strategy of blaming its misfortunes on a "swamp" of unelected officials.

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Two more M88A2 Hercules, plus bulldozers were needed to drag the sunken vehicle out of the swamp on Monday, in a recovery mission that saw teams working "day and night", the statement said.

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So spare me the talk about rebellion, draining the swamp, breaking the chains.

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Before you go anywhere with a newborn, said Kraft, ask yourself: Is it peak flu season like the one that swamped California?

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Finally, threat was a dominant theme, also related to firing workers, “And any federal bureaucrat who resists this change will be removed from office immediately. Because we are draining the swamp.â€

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