swamp
swamp (swämp, swômp)
noun
a piece of wet, spongy land that is permanently or periodically covered with water, characterized by growths of shrubs and trees; marsh; bog
Etymology: < 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
adjective
of or native to a swamp
transitive verb
- to plunge or sink in a swamp, deep water, etc.
- to flood or submerge with or as with water
- to overcome or overwhelm; ruin swamped by debts
- to sink (a boat) by filling with water
- ☆ to make (a path) or clear (an area) by removing underbrush and slash, as in logging
intransitive verb
to become swamped; sink in or as in a swamp
swamp
n.
Antonyms
Object
- fen: Reed swamps, fen, semi-natural woodland and scrub on lough shores.
- cypress: Eight Taxodium distichum, ( swamp cypress ) are part of the earliest plantings.
- vegetation: Fen, marsh and swamp Vegetation which is permanently, seasonally or periodically waterlogged.
- fever: He was actively involved in the running of the colony but died of swamp fever later the same year.
- forest: Late morning went back to the lodge and did the trail from the road through swamp forest to the river.
- deer: The Terai Arc is a corridor of biodiversity teeming with Asian elephants, swamp deer, and river dolphins galore.
Converse of object
- drain: They cleared lands, built dams and drained swamps.
Subject
- wave: Within five years, the industry will be swamped by a wave of cheap imports.
Adjective modifier
- coastal: A remarkable land of coastal swamps, highland river valleys, even a glacier high in the central mountains.
Modifies a noun
- stonecrop: Less well-known species such as Australian swamp stonecrop are also significant threats.
- vegetation: Pools and drains support a variable open water flora and the swamp vegetation is dominated by Common Reed ( Phragmites australis ).
- forest: When I arrived in December, the rainy season was well under way and the swamp forest and marshes had just become flooded.
Modifying Another Word
- completely: Left unchecked it will completely swamp the lower slopes.
- nearly: I went several boating excursions in the neighborhood, and in one was dismasted and nearly swamped.
Noun used with modifier
- mangrove: The coastal plain is made up of mangrove swamps.
- papyrus: It is dissected by numerous small rivers with valley grasslands and papyrus swamps.
- peat: The alluvial plain in the park comprises of lowland alluvial forest, tropical heath forest, peat swamp and riparian forest.
Preposition: with
- request: Kilgallen was swamped with requests by press agents to plug the activities of their clients.
Preposition: by
Browse dictionary entries near swamp
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- swallow-tailed coat
- swallow-tailed
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- swallow
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- swamp buggy
- swamp fever
- swamp gas
- swamper
- swampland
- swampy
- swan
- swan dive
- swan's-down
- swan song
