swamp Definition

swamp
noun

1. An area of land that is permanently waterlogged but which has a dense covering of vegetation, eg, in certain tropical regions, trees and shrubs, such as mangroves or, in the more temperate zones, willows or reeds. Also as adj.

Example: swamp fever
Thesaurus: bog, fen, marsh, moor, bottom, mire, morass, quagmire, swale (US; Antonym: desert, high ground.

verb swamped, swamping

1. To overwhelm or inundate.

Thesaurus: deluge, flood, inundate, overwhelm, engulf, submerge, beset, besiege.
2. To cause (a boat) to fill with water.
3. To flood.

Thesaurus: deluge, flood, drench, waterlog, submerge.

Derivative: swampy
adj

Thesaurus: muddy, wet, soggy; Antonym: dry, arid.

Etymology: 17c.