Definitions from Wiktionary (swamp)
▸ noun: A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes (a type of wetland). (Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
▸ noun: (figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
▸ verb: To drench or fill with water.
▸ verb: (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
▸ verb: (figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
▸ verb: (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.
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▸ noun: A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes (a type of wetland). (Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
▸ noun: (figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
▸ verb: To drench or fill with water.
▸ verb: (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
▸ verb: (figurative) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
▸ verb: (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.
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