Definition of swamp

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Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

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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..
Water Crake :: Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
Ogeechee Lime :: Ogeechee lime () The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida..
Swamp :: Swamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swam.
Wade :: Wade (v. t.) To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..
Palustrine :: Palustrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy..
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..
Quail :: Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis)..
Water Locust :: Water locust () A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Muck :: Muck (n.) Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps..
Slumpy :: Slumpy (a.) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy.
Bog :: Bog (n.) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp..
Slash :: Slash (n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
Marsh :: Marsh (n.) A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass..
Swamped :: Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore..
Swamping :: Swamped (imp. & p. p.) of Swam.
Upland :: Upland (n.) High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like..
Rucervine :: Rucervine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India..
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