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swamp
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- pronunciation:
- swamp
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a wet lowland area that is usu. covered with water; marsh; bog.
- synonyms:
- bog, marsh, slew, slough, wetlands
- similar words:
- mire, morass, quagmire
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| related words: |
moor |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
swamps, swamping, swamped |
| definition 1: |
to flood or cover with water or other liquid, (esp. a piece of land).
- synonyms:
- flood
- similar words:
- deluge, engulf, inundate, submerge
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| definition 2: |
to burden or overcome; overwhelm.
We were swamped with new accounts.- synonyms:
- avalanche, deluge, flood, inundate, overwhelm
- similar words:
- burden, engulf, load, overcome
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| definition 3: |
to cause to sink or fill with water.
The speedboat swamped our dinghy.
- synonyms:
- flood, sink
- similar words:
- immerse, overturn, submerge, submerse
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| related words: |
invade, overweight, overwhelm |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become flooded with water or sink, as a boat.
- synonyms:
- flood, sink
- similar words:
- submerge
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| related words: |
flood |
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| derivation: |
swampish (adj.) |
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