Definitions for swamp

Overview of noun swamp

The noun swamp has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (4) swamp, swampland

(low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog)

2. swamp

(a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp")

Overview of verb swamp

The verb swamp has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) swamp, drench

(drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor")

2. (1) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

(fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")