Definition of swamp

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Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.

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Water Locust :: Water locust () A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Rucervine :: Rucervine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India..
Swamp :: Swamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swam.
Water Tupelo :: Water tupelo () A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.
Redroot :: Redroot (n.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida..
Hylodes :: Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes..
Wade :: Wade (v. t.) To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps..
Boggy :: Boggy (a.) Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land..
Siren :: Siren (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long..
Palustrine :: Palustrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy..
Fenny :: Fenny (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy..
Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..
Hickory :: Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter..
Swamping :: Swamped (imp. & p. p.) of Swam.
Swan :: Swampy (a.) Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Paludinal :: Paludinal (a.) Inhabiting ponds or swamps.
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