swamp

Meaning of swamp

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
  3. A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
verb
  1. To drench or fill with water.
    The boat was swamped in the storm.
  2. To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
    I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.
  3. To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Information about swamp

  • The plural form of swamp is: swamps.
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Hyphenation of swamp

swamp

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • swamp is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

swamp synonyms

Meaning swampland:

swampland

Meaning drench:

drench

Meaning deluge:

deluge, flood, inundate

Translation of swamp

Words that rhyme with swamp

wamp, inswamp, underswamp

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