Swamp - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |swɑːmp|  American pronunciation of the word swamp
Brit.  |swɒmp|  British pronunciation of the word swamp

noun

- low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
- a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
he was trapped in a medical swamp

verb

- drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (syn: drench)
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (syn: deluge, flood, inundate)

Extra examples

Alligators live in the lowland swamps.

...be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk there...

The sea level rose and swamped the coastal villages.

The boat sank after it was swamped by waves.

Last night's storm has swamped the wheat fields with rain.

The office was swamped with complaints.

Thousands of refugees have swamped the town.

An epidemic of grief swamped the country.

We've been swamped with phone calls since the advert appeared.

In the summer the village is swamped by visitors.

Huge waves swamped the vessel.

The wake from a passing steamboat swamped the boat and caused it to sink.

The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor

The swamp has been drained.

The swamp was surrounded by dense woodland.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: swamp
he/she/it: swamps
present participle: swamping
past tense: swamped
past participle: swamped
noun
singular: swamp
plural: swamps
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