English dictionary
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English noun: swamp | |||
| 1. | swamp (object) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | ||
| Synonyms | swampland | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wetland | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | slough | ||
| Instance hyponym | Everglades, Okefenokee Swamp | ||
| 2. | swamp (state) a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables | ||
| Samples | He was trapped in a medical swamp. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | situation | ||
English verb: swamp | |||
| 1. | swamp (weather) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | ||
| Samples | The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor. | ||
| Synonyms | drench | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flood | ||
| 2. | swamp (contact) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||
| Samples | The basement was inundated after the storm. The images flooded his mind. | ||
| Synonyms | deluge, flood, inundate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up, make full | ||
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