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Synonyms for swamp

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : swomp
Phonetic Transcription : swÉ’mp

Top 10 synonyms for swamp
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Définition of swamp

Origin :
  • 1624 (first used by Capt. John Smith, in reference to Virginia), perhaps a dialectal survival from an Old English cognate of Old Norse svoppr "sponge, fungus," from Proto-Germanic *swampuz; but traditionally connected with Middle English sompe "morass, swamp," probably from Middle Dutch somp or Middle Low German sump "swamp." Related to Old Norse svöppr "sponge." Swamp Yankee "rural, rustic New Englander" is attested from 1941.
  • noun wet land covered with vegetation
  • verb overwhelm, flood
Example sentences :
  • Taku-Wakin could no more lead them out of the Swamp than his stick would leave him.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Man, although he had just come, became king of this swamp, king for the night.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • "I got in the swamp trying to take a short cut," Frank explained.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • But to go at it and drain the swamp was a very different matter.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • A nuisance on Balera, which is the equivalent of a Terran swamp.
  • Extract from : « Join Our Gang? » by Sterling E. Lanier
  • Will you arrange to have everyone removed from the swamp area before that time?
  • Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • Paludosella is a diminutive of palus, gen. paludis, a swamp or marsh.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The army immediately advanced with all dispatch to the swamp.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • The English, with their Indian allies, surrounded the swamp.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • Guided by Rabah the party now descended to the edge of the swamp.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

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