Swamp

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To plunge or sink into a swamp.

II. Swamp ·vt To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

III. Swamp ·vi To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

IV. Swamp ·noun Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

V. Swamp ·vi To become filled with water, as a boat; to Founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

VI. Swamp ·vt Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to Overwhelm; to Ruin; to Wreck.

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