Swamp: English to English |
Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. |
Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked. |
Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties. |
Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. |
Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. |
Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp. |