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Definition of Swamp

1. Verb. Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

2. Noun. Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.

3. Verb. Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. "The images flooded his mind"

4. Noun. A situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables. "He was trapped in a medical swamp"

Definition of Swamp

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

2. v. t. To plunge or sink into a swamp.

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

Definition of Swamp

1. Noun. A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes. ¹

2. Noun. A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment. ¹

3. Verb. To drench or fill with water. ¹

4. Verb. To overwhelm; to make too busy or overrun capacity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swamp

1. to inundate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: inundate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp

swallowest swalloweth swallowfish swallowing swallows swallowtail swallowtails swallowwort swallowworts swaly

swam swamboite swami swamies swamis swamp (current term) swamp ash swamp azalea swamp bay swamp beggar-ticks

swamp birch swamp blackberry swamp blueberry swamp buggy swamp candleberry swamp candles swamp chestnut oak swamp cooler swamp cottonwood swamp cypress

Literary usage of Swamp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"swamp. See Boa swamp ANGEL, in the American Civil War the popular name of an ... It was mounted on a battery constructed on piles driven into the swamp near ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Rept- on swamp lands and swamp land acts of 1855 and 1858. ... Veto of act to provide for authentication of certain evidence re. swamp and overflowed lands ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"The defendant further alleged that she had been in open, exclusive, notorious, and adverse possession of the said swamp land for more than 20 years, ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"And at another place he said that tire register "certifies that the only 1584] land designated on said official plat as swamp and overflowed land is ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"swamp ANGEL, in the American Civil War the popular name of an 8-inch Parrott ... It was mounted on a battery constructed on piles driven into the swamp near ..."

6. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"The next swamp to this is called Mossey swamp, and distant about 3 miles. Near this place lives John Reddick on good land; ..."

7. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"The next swamp to this is called Mossey swamp, and distant about 3 miles. Near this place lives John Reddick on good land; but hitherto from ..."

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