swamp
noun (a swamp, swamps); verb (swamp, swamps, swamped, swamping)
Everyday
- An area of land that is always wet and soft, with trees, reeds and still water. tree →
- (verb) To flood something with water. tree →
- (verb) To give someone far too much of something: swamped with work. tree →
In the lessons
In geography and science, swamps are wetland habitats for frogs, alligators and many birds and help stop floods. In everyday talk, people are «swamped» when they are very busy. Phrases: swamped with homework, a mangrove swamp.
Examples
- Alligators live in the swamps of Florida. tree →
- The path through the swamp was muddy. tree →
- A big wave swamped the little boat. tree →
- I'm swamped with homework this week. tree →
- Mosquitoes breed in swamps. tree →
- The shop was swamped with customers after the sale started. tree →
- Falling into a swamp, he remains there some time. tree →
Note
Similar words: marsh (wetland mostly with grass, not trees), bog (soft, spongy ground). The verb swamp is used figuratively a lot: swamped = overloaded.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «swamp» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «swamp» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/swamp/