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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swamp•y (swom′pē),USA pronunciation adj., swamp•i•er, swamp•i•est. - of the nature of, resembling, or abounding in swamps.
- Ecologyfound in swamps.
swamp′i•ness, n. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swamp /swɑmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Ecologyan area of wet, spongy land.
v. - [~ + object] to flood or drench, esp. with water.
- Nautical, Naval Terms(of a boat) to (cause to) sink or be filled with water: [no object]The little boat was in danger of swamping.[~ + object]The next huge wave swamped the boat.
- to overwhelm:[~ + object]I was swamped with work.
swamp•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swamp (swomp),USA pronunciation n. - Ecologya tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
v.t. - to flood or drench with water or the like.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto sink or fill (a boat) with water.
- to plunge or cause to sink in or as if in a swamp.
- to overwhelm, esp. to overwhelm with an excess of something:He swamped us with work.
- to render helpless.
- to remove trees and underbrush from (a specific area), esp. to make or cleave a trail (often fol. by out).
- Agriculture, Buildingto trim (felled trees) into logs, as at a logging camp or sawmill.
v.i. - Naval Termsto fill with water and sink, as a boat.
- to sink or be stuck in a swamp or something likened to a swamp.
- to be plunged into or overwhelmed with something, esp. something that keeps one busy, worried, etc.
- Dutch zwamp creek, fen; akin to sump and to Middle Low German swamp, Old Norse svǫppr sponge
- 1615–25
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