Sekirov Dictionary

swamp

UK /ˈswɒmp/US /ˈswɑmp/

noun 3
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

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a piece of low soft land where water lies among trees, rich in plants and animals but of no use for farming
- Some small Marshes and Swamps there are, but more profitable than hurtfull. — 1624
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(US) The alleged corruption, cronyism, inefficiency, and entrenched interests in the federal government, especially in Washington, DC.
- On InfoWars, Alex Jones told his audience, "This is over the top sickening. Next they'll say Jeffrey Epstein never even existed. This is the swamp winning. No one is buying this." — 2025
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(figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
- We two...in this swamp of iniquity...together we can bring redress to an unjust world. — 2017

verb4

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To drench or fill with water.
- The boat was swamped in the storm.
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(figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
- I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.
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(figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
- The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers. — 1874
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(Appalachia) To clear (a road or an area) of brush, particularly so as to create a path for loggers to be able to access trees.
- Nothing to it but clearing out underbrush and limbs so teams can get to the logs. […] If anyone asks, just tell him you've swamped roads ever since you was big enough to lift a hatchet. — 1954

forms

swamped · swamping · swamps

Phrases with swamp

swamp out
To overwhelm or outnumber.

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