swamp

Speech parts

1. swamp - Noun

2. swamp - Verb

Meaning

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

To plunge or sink into a swamp.

To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

marsh fen slough bog mire quagmire flood lowland deluge marshland morass drench inundate wetland moor
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Antonyms

erg good clear solution advantage broadcast
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Hypernyms

situation fill flood fill up make full

Hyponyms

slough

Phrases with the word

drain the swamp swamp plant swamp cypress swamp birch swamp poplar swamp fever

Derivatives

swamped swamping

Examples

the basement was inundated after the storm Source: Internet

The images flooded his mind Source: Internet

The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor Source: Internet

A car that drove in the procession had signs on its windows that said: “I wish I could abort my government,” and “Even Shrek wouldn’t want to live in such a swamp.” Source: Internet

A bongo drinks from a swamp Historically, bongos are found in three disjunct parts of Africa: East, Central and West. Source: Internet

A curious swamp wallaby has been one of many bold animals to wander into public spaces at Cranbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens in recent days. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Swaminarayan Swaminathan swammy swamp ape swamp area swamp ash