📖 swamp

noun1 senses

1. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables“he was trapped in a medical swamp”

See also: swampland

verb2 senses

1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid“the basement was inundated after the storm”
2. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged“The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor”

See also: delugefloodinundatedrench

🏞️ Land & Sea

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