swamp
swamp / swämp/ • n. an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh. ∎ used to emphasize the degree to which a piece of ground is waterlogged: the ceaseless deluge had turned the lawn into a swamp.• v. [tr.] overwhelm or flood with water: a huge wave swamped the canoes. ∎ fig. overwhelm with an excessive amount of something; inundate: feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her the country was swamped with goods from abroad. ∎ [intr.] (of a boat) become overwhelmed with water and sink.DERIVATIVES: swamp·y adj.
swamp
swamp Low-lying wetland area, found near large bodies of open water. Swamps are characterized by numerous plants and animals, including rushes and sedge in n regions, and species of trees, such as the swamp cypress, in warmer s areas. Swamps can prevent flooding by absorbing flood waters from rivers and coastal regions. See also Bog; marsh
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swamp low-lying wet ground XVII; (local) depression in land XVIII. Identical in form with (dial.) swamp sunk (XIV), the notion of ‘depression, subsidence’ being perh. the connecting link.
Hence vb. (orig. pass.) XVII.
Hence vb. (orig. pass.) XVII.
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