swamp

swamp
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. swampland, marsh, bog, wetland, moor, slough, fen, morass, quagmire. —v. t. submerge, sink, flood, inundate, immerse, drench, deluge; over-whelm, snow under. See moisture, water.
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(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. bog, fen, quagmire, morass, marsh, slough, soft ground, wet ground, mire, peat bog, holm, swale, bottoms, river bottoms, moor, spongy ground, lowland, bayou, bottomland, cattail swamp, tule swamp, fen land, boggy ground, swampy ground, polder, trembling prairie, Everglades, muskag; see also mud .
Ant. desert*, high ground, rocky ground.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
bog, marsh, slough, quagmire, fen, bayou, morass, everglade, swale, mire, wetland, muskeg.
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• filling in of a lake by vegetation: eutrophication
• floating island of decayed vegetation: battery
• gas: methane
• luminescence seen at night: foxfire
• moss: sphagnum
• tree islands: hammocks
see lake
II
v.
flood, overwhelm, submerge, sink, engulf, inundate, drown, deluge, wash over.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough1, swampland, wetland. See DRY. II verb To affect as if by an outpouring of water: deluge, flood, inundate, overwhelm, whelm. See FULL.

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  • Swamp — Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[ o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swamp — [swɒmp ǁ swɑːmp] verb [transitive] 1. to suddenly give someone a lot of work or things to deal with: • The flood of orders swamped some understaffed trading desks. swamp be swamped (with something) • Brokers said they were swamped with calls… …   Financial and business terms

  • swamp — [swämp, swômp] n. [< dial. var. (or LowG cognate) of ME sompe, akin to MLowG swamp, Goth & OE swamm, fungus, mushroom < IE base * swomb(h)os, spongy, porous > Gr somphos, spongy] a piece of wet, spongy land that is permanently or… …   English World dictionary

  • swamp — 1624 (first used by Capt. John Smith, in reference to Virginia), perhaps a dialectal survival from an O.E. cognate of O.N. svoppr sponge, fungus, from P.Gmc. *swampuz; but traditionally connected with M.E. sompe morass, swamp, probably from M.Du …   Etymology dictionary

  • swamp — swamp; swamp·ber·ry; swamp·er; swamp·i·ness; …   English syllables

  • swamp|y — «SWOM pee, SWM », adjective, swamp|i|er, swamp|i|est. 1. like a swamp; soft and wet: »swampy ground. The front yard is swampy from the heavy rain. SYNONYM(S): boggy, marshy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Swamp — Swamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swamping}.] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swamp — Swamp, v. i. 1. To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties. [1913 Webster] 2. To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swamp — [n] wet land covered with vegetation bog, bottoms, everglade, fen, glade, holm, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, quagmire, slough, swale, swampland; concept 509 swamp [v] overwhelm, flood beset, besiege,… …   New thesaurus

  • swamp|er — «SWOM puhr, SWM », noun. U.S. 1. a person who lives in a swamp or swampy region: »Everybody thought we were just a state of hillbillies and swampers (Time). 2. a) a person who works clearing roads for lumberjacks or clearing fallen trees of limbs …   Useful english dictionary

  • swamp — index immerse (plunge into), inundate, overcome (overwhelm) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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