Word: Swamp
How to pronounce: swɒmp
Noun
Definitions:
1. An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
Example sentences: "They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and perches for singing."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Overwhelm or flood with water.
Example sentences: "A huge wave swamped the canoes"
Synonyms:
quagmire
bog
marsh
morass
mire
quicksand
mosses
mires
muskeg
marshy
marshland
moors
slough
moor
wetland
fen
backwater
overflow
flood
deluge
boggy
engulf
overwhelm
crush
wash
drown
inundate
submerge
Derivations:
swampland
swampiness
swamper
swampy
swamping
swamped
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Swamp in Other Languages...
Spanish: Pantano
German: Sumpf
French: Marais
Italian: Palude
Turkish: Batak
