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swamp [swɒmp]1 nounmarais m, marécage m(b) (overwhelm) inonder, submerger;∎ she was swamped with calls elle a été submergée d'appels;∎ we're swamped (with work) at the office at the moment nous sommes débordés de travail au bureau en ce moment -
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swamp [swɒmp]1. nounmarécage m• he was swamped with requests/letters il a été submergé de requêtes/lettres* * *[swɒmp] 1.noun marais m, marécage m2.transitive verb inonderto be swamped with ou by — être inondé de [applications, mail]; être débordé de [work]; être envahi par [tourists]
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A n marais m, marécage m.B vtr inonder ; to be swamped with ou by être inondé de [applications, mail] ; être débordé de [work] ; être envahi par [tourists]. -
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[swomp] 1. noun(an area of) wet, marshy ground: These trees grow best in swamp(s). marécage2. verb(to cover or fill with water: A great wave swamped the deck.) inonder- swampy- swampiness -
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7 swamp buggy
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8 swamp percentage
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9 swamp plain
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10 mangrove swamp
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11 back swamp
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12 glacier swamp
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13 grass swamp
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14 mangrove swamp
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15 meadow-swamp soil
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16 reed swamp
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17 snow swamp
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20 mangrove
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См. также в других словарях:
Swamp — Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[ o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swamp — [swɒmp ǁ swɑːmp] verb [transitive] 1. to suddenly give someone a lot of work or things to deal with: • The flood of orders swamped some understaffed trading desks. swamp be swamped (with something) • Brokers said they were swamped with calls… … Financial and business terms
swamp — [swämp, swômp] n. [< dial. var. (or LowG cognate) of ME sompe, akin to MLowG swamp, Goth & OE swamm, fungus, mushroom < IE base * swomb(h)os, spongy, porous > Gr somphos, spongy] a piece of wet, spongy land that is permanently or… … English World dictionary
swamp — 1624 (first used by Capt. John Smith, in reference to Virginia), perhaps a dialectal survival from an O.E. cognate of O.N. svoppr sponge, fungus, from P.Gmc. *swampuz; but traditionally connected with M.E. sompe morass, swamp, probably from M.Du … Etymology dictionary
swamp — swamp; swamp·ber·ry; swamp·er; swamp·i·ness; … English syllables
swamp|y — «SWOM pee, SWM », adjective, swamp|i|er, swamp|i|est. 1. like a swamp; soft and wet: »swampy ground. The front yard is swampy from the heavy rain. SYNONYM(S): boggy, marshy … Useful english dictionary
Swamp — Swamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swamping}.] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swamp — Swamp, v. i. 1. To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties. [1913 Webster] 2. To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swamp — [n] wet land covered with vegetation bog, bottoms, everglade, fen, glade, holm, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, quagmire, slough, swale, swampland; concept 509 swamp [v] overwhelm, flood beset, besiege,… … New thesaurus
swamp|er — «SWOM puhr, SWM », noun. U.S. 1. a person who lives in a swamp or swampy region: »Everybody thought we were just a state of hillbillies and swampers (Time). 2. a) a person who works clearing roads for lumberjacks or clearing fallen trees of limbs … Useful english dictionary
swamp — index immerse (plunge into), inundate, overcome (overwhelm) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary