swamp
suomi-englanti sanakirjaswamp englannista suomeksi
luhta, suo, räme
peittyä
peittää alleen, tulvia yli
swamp englanniksi
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 that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
{{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Cassandra Clark|title=Alchemist of Netley Abbey
To drench or fill with water.
(ux)
{{quote-journal
2006, New York Times,
- Mr. Spitzer’s defeat of his Democratic opponent ... ended a primary season in which Hillary Rodham Clinton swamped an antiwar challenger for renomination to the Senate.
To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
1874, (w), ''(w)''
- The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers.
c. 1835, William Hamilton, "Metaphysics and Moral Science", in ''Edinburgh Review''
- Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory(..)