noun, verb
noun [C,U] an area of ground that is very wet or covered with water and in which plants, trees, etc. are growing:
tropical swamps
swampy adjective:
swampy forests / ground
verb [VN] [oftenpassive]
1 ~ sb/sth (with sth) to make sb have more of sth than they can deal with
SYNINUNDATE:
The department was swamped with job applications. * In summer visitors swamp the island.
2 to fill or cover sth with a lot of water:
The little boat was swamped by the waves.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for swamp is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does swamp appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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