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  • 1 swamp

    1. noun
    Sumpf, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (flood) überschwemmen

    be swamped with letters/applications/work — mit Briefen/Bewerbungen überschwemmt werden/bis über den Hals in Arbeit stecken (ugs.)

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    [swomp] 1. noun
    (an area of) wet, marshy ground: These trees grow best in swamp(s). der Sumpf
    2. verb
    (to cover or fill with water: A great wave swamped the deck.) überschwemmen
    - academic.ru/72539/swampy">swampy
    - swampiness
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    [swɒmp, AM swɑ:mp]
    I. vt
    1. (fill with water)
    to \swamp a boat/canoe ein Boot/Kanu volllaufen lassen
    ▪ to \swamp sth etw überschwemmen [o unter Wasser setzen
    3. ( fig: overwhelm)
    ▪ to \swamp sb/sth [with sth] jdn/etw [mit etw dat] überschwemmen
    I'm \swamped with work at the moment im Moment ersticke ich in Arbeit
    to be \swamped with presents mit Geschenken überhäuft werden
    ▪ to \swamp sth etw überlasten
    ▪ to \swamp sb jdn untergehen lassen
    the new dress absolutely \swamps her in dem neuen Kleid geht sie völlig unter
    II. n
    1. (bog) Sumpf m, Morast m
    mangrove \swamp Mangrovensumpf m
    2. no pl (boggy land) Sumpf m, Sumpfland nt
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    [swɒmp]
    1. n
    Sumpf m
    2. vt
    unter Wasser setzen, überschwemmen; (fig = overwhelm) überschwemmen
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    swamp [swɒmp; US auch swɑmp]
    A s
    1. Sumpf m
    2. Morast m
    B v/t
    1. überschwemmen (auch fig):
    be swamped with fig mit Arbeit, Einladungen etc überhäuft werden oder sein, sich nicht mehr retten können vor (dat)
    2. SPORT vernichtend schlagen
    3. eine Bande etc unschädlich machen
    4. SCHIFF ein Boot
    a) volllaufen lassen
    b) zum Sinken bringen
    5. meist swamp out einen Weg etc durch den Wald hauen
    C v/i
    1. SCHIFF
    a) volllaufen
    b) versinken
    2. überschwemmt werden
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    1. noun
    Sumpf, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (flood) überschwemmen

    be swamped with letters/applications/work — mit Briefen/Bewerbungen überschwemmt werden/bis über den Hals in Arbeit stecken (ugs.)

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    n.
    Sumpf ¨-e m.

    English-german dictionary > swamp

  • 2 swamp

    [swɒmp, Am swɑ:mp] vt
    to \swamp a boat/ canoe ein Boot/Kanu voll laufen lassen
    2) ( flood)
    to \swamp sth etw überschwemmen [o unter Wasser setzen];
    3) (fig: overwhelm)
    to \swamp sb/sth [with sth] jdn/etw [mit etw dat] überschwemmen;
    I'm \swamped with work at the moment im Moment ersticke ich in Arbeit;
    to be \swamped with presents mit Geschenken überhäuft werden;
    to \swamp sth etw überlasten
    5) ( Brit);
    (fig fam: be too big for)
    to \swamp sb jdn untergehen lassen;
    the new dress absolutely \swamps her in dem neuen Kleid geht sie völlig unter n
    1) ( bog) Sumpf m, Morast m;
    mangrove \swamp Mangrovensumpf m
    2) no pl ( boggy land) Sumpf m, Sumpfland nt

    English-German students dictionary > swamp

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  • Swamped — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swamped — adj. filled to bursting; very busy; flooded swÉ‘mp /swÉ’mp n. low lying area of land that is saturated with water and unfit for agricultural purposes, marsh, bog v. flood, fill or cover with water; inundate, overwhelm …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flooded inundated swamped — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crawling withpredicate overrun with swarming swarming withpredicate teeming teeming withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   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

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  • swamp — swamp1 [swɔmp US swa:mp] n [U and C] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: sump swamp (15 20 centuries); SUMP] land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of water >swampy adj ▪ the soft, swampy ground swamp 2 swamp2 v [T] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • swamp — I UK [swɒmp] / US [swɑmp] verb [transitive] Word forms swamp : present tense I/you/we/they swamp he/she/it swamps present participle swamping past tense swamped past participle swamped 1) [usually passive] to give someone too much to deal with at …   English dictionary

  • swamp — [swɒmp] verb I 1) [T] if someone is swamped, they have too much to deal with at one time Bookshops are always swamped with orders at Christmas.[/ex] 2) [T] if a place is swamped, there are very large numbers of people in it The hotel foyer was… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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