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swamp

/ˈswɑmp/noun, verb1 syllable

Swamp means: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.

Synonyms for swamp5

noun, as in low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

swampland

verb, as in fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

deluge, flood, inundate

verb, as in drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

drench

What does swamp mean?4

verb

1

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid“the basement was inundated after the storm”

2

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged“The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor”

noun

1

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

2

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables“he was trapped in a medical swamp”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with swamp?2

one syllable

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Swamp in a sentence

  • Without the help of dung beetles, animal poop would swamp our lands.Amastan
  • Be kind to your friends in the swamp, where the weather is always damp.rul
  • Even in a palace, a frog dreams of a swamp.rul
  • Swamps are no fun to tread in, but they can be mystical.Aleksandros
  • Swamps, marshes, and bogs are types of wetlands.Hybrid
  • In some parts of the world, mangrove swamps are threatened by deforestation and development.Amastan
  • Some wetlands, such as mangrove swamps, provide important coastal protection against storms and erosion.Amastan
  • Founding your life on illusions is like building a house on a swamp.szaby78

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of swamp

as a noun

plural
swamps

as a verb

past tense
swamped
present participle
swamping
third-person singular
swamps
past participle
swamped