Swamp

Noun

 * 1) A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.

Verb

 * 1) To drench or fill with water.
 * 2) To overwhelm; to make too busy or overrun capacity.

Adjectives for Swamp
torrid; busy; moss-hung; impassable; fetid pestilential; tamarack; tangled; unsightly overtowering; adjacent; brackish; tropical unhealthy; lonely; salty; inaccessible; social.

Verbs for Swamp
bog in—; brave—; drain—; foul in—; frequent—; hazard—; infest—; inhabit—; meander through—; mire in—; prowl in—; restore—; roam—; skirt—; slog through—; stray into—; traverse—; vanish into—; wallow through—; —breeds; —endangers; —enfolds; —engulfs —jeopardizes; —mars.

Derived terms
swamp gum; swampland; swamp wallaby; swampy;

Thesaurus
bog, marsh, moor, bind, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, cascade, cataract, cesspool, cloaca, cloaca maxima, clutch, complication, crunch, deluge, dip, drain, drown, duck, dump, dunk, embarrassing position, embarrassment, engulf, everglade, fen, fenland, fine how-do-you-do, float, flood, flood the market, flow on, founder, garbage dump, glade, hell to pay, hobble, hog wallow, holm, hot water, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, immerse, inundate, jam, marais, marish, marsh, marshland, meadow, mere, mess, mire, mix, moor, moorland, morass, moss, mud, mud flat, overbrim, overburden, overcome, overdose, overequip, overflow, overfurnish, overlavish, overload, overprovender, overprovide, overprovision, overrun, oversell, overstock, oversupply, overtax, overwhelm, parlous straits, pass, peat bog, pickle, pinch, plight, pour on, pour out, pour over, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, purgatory, quag, quagmire, quicksand, rain, run over, salt marsh, scrape, scuttle, septic tank, sewer, shaking, sink, slob land, slop, slosh, slough, sluice, snow under, sough, spill, spill out, spill over, spot, squeeze, stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, submerge, sump, swale, swampland, sweep, taiga, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess, view, wallow, wash, whelm

Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch 'somp'; 'somp' derives from Proto-Germanic root 'swampuz'.

Noun

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 * Japanese: 沼地 (ぬまち, numachi), 湿地 (しっち, shicchi)
 * Latgalian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: purvs
 * Lithuanian: pelkė, raistas, palios
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 * Russian:, топь
 * Scottish Gaelic: boglach
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 * Cyrillic: мочвара
 * Roman: močvara
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 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: myr, kärr , sumpmark , mosse
 * Turkish: bataklık

Verb

 * German: überfluten, überschwemmen
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 * Swedish: översvämma
 * Turkish: bastırmak, yoğun olmak, içine su dolup batmak