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- [swomp]
- /swɒmp/
- /swɒmp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [swomp]
- /swɒmp/
Definitions of swamp word
- noun swamp a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. 1
- verb with object swamp to flood or drench with water or the like. 1
- verb with object swamp Nautical. to sink or fill (a boat) with water. 1
- verb with object swamp to plunge or cause to sink in or as if in a swamp. 1
- verb with object swamp to overwhelm, especially to overwhelm with an excess of something: He swamped us with work. 1
- verb with object swamp to render helpless. 1
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Origin of swamp
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Dutch zwamp creek, fen; akin to sump and to Middle Low German swamp, Old Norse svǫppr sponge
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Parts of speech for Swamp
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swamp popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
swamp usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swamp
verb swamp
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
noun swamp
- barrens — (in North America) a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).
- dust bowl — the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
- glop — unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
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