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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024marsh•y (mär′shē),USA pronunciation adj., marsh•i•er, marsh•i•est. - like a marsh;
soft and wet; boggy. - pertaining to a marsh.
- consisting of or constituting a marsh, bog, swamp, or the like.
- Middle English mershi. See marsh, -y1 1350–1400
marsh′i•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: marshy /ˈmɑːʃɪ/ adj (marshier, marshiest)- of, involving, or like a marsh
ˈmarshiness n WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024marsh /mɑrʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Ecologyan area of waterlogged soil covered with tall grasses.
marsh•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024marsh (märsh),USA pronunciation n. - Ecologya tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- bef. 900; Middle English mershe, Old English mer(i)sc (cognate with German Marsch). See mere2, -ish1; compare marais, marish, morass
marsh′like′, adj. swamp, bog, fen, marshland, wetland. Marsh (märsh),USA pronunciation n. Dame (Edith) Ngai•o (nī′ō),USA pronunciation 1899–1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.- BiographicalReginald, 1898–1954, U.S. painter and illustrator.
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