swamp :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

n. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"

v. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

marsh, fen

n. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"

bog, peat bog

n. wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

mire, quagmire, morass

n. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

slough

n. a hollow filled with mud

quicksand

n. a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

deluge, overwhelm, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

drown, overwhelm, submerge

v. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

surround, circumvent, besiege, beleaguer, hem in

v. surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

deluge, inundate

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

deluge, overwhelm, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

soak, souse, sop, drench, douse, dowse, imbrue

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

saturate, make saturated

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

indoctrinate, teach uncritically, teach doctrines to

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

imbue, diffuse, permeate, pervade

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

overturn, revolutionize, change radically

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

sink, settle, go down, go under

v. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

swallow, get down, pass through the esophagus

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

flood in

v. arrive in great numbers

empty, make empty, make void

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

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