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  1. swamp:


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Detailed Synonyms for swamp in English

swamp:

swamp

  1. swamp

swamp [the ~] noun

  1. the swamp
    – low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog 1
    the swamp; the swampland
    – low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog 1
  2. the swamp
    – a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables 1
    the swamp
    – a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables 1
    • swamp [the ~] noun
      • he was trapped in a medical swamp1

swamp verb

  1. swamp
    – fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid 1
    to flood; deluge; to inundate; swamp
    – fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid 1
    • flood verb (floods, flooded, flooding)
      • The images flooded his mind1
    • deluge verb
    • inundate verb (inundates, inundated, inundating)
      • the basement was inundated after the storm1
    • swamp verb
  2. swamp
    – drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged 1
    drench; swamp
    – drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged 1

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Related Definitions for "swamp":

  1. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog1
  2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables1
    • he was trapped in a medical swamp1
  3. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid1
  4. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged1

Related Synonyms for swamp