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- Dictionaryswamp/swɒmp/
noun
- 1. an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
verb
- 1. overwhelm or flood with water: "a huge wave swamped the canoes" Similar
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SWAMP definition: 1. (an area of) very wet, soft land: 2. to cover a place or thing with a large amount of water…. Learn more.
a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water; especially : one dominated by woody vegetation; a tract of swamp… See the full definition
n. 1. a. An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants. b. A lowland region saturated with water. 2. A situation or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables: a financial swamp. v. swamped, swamp·ing, swamps. v.tr. 1. To drench in or cover with or as if with water. 2.
noun. 1. a piece of wet, spongy land that is permanently or periodically covered with water, characterized by growths of shrubs and trees; marsh; bog. adjective. 2. of or native to a swamp. verb transitive. 3. to plunge or sink in a swamp, deep water, etc.
to cover a place or thing with a large amount of water: High tides have swamped the coast.
Definition of swamp noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'swamp' 1. A swamp is an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it. [...] 2. If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water. [...] 3. If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with. [...] More. Conjugations of 'swamp' present simple: I swamp, you swamp [...]
SWAMP meaning: land that is always wet and often partly covered with water.
SWAMP definition: 1. an area of very wet, soft land 2. to give someone more of something than they can deal with: 3…. Learn more.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun swamp, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. swamp has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. plants (mid 1600s) mining (late 1600s)
