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n. moeras--------v. overstromenswamp1[ swomp] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉————————swamp2〈 werkwoord〉2 doen onderlopen ⇒ onder water doen lopen, overstromen3 overstelpen ⇒ bedelven, overspoelen♦voorbeelden:3 swamp with work/letters • bedelven onder het werk/de brieven
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swomp — obs. form of swamp … Useful english dictionary
swampfish — /swomp fish /, n., pl. swampfishes, (esp. collectively) swampfish. a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent… … Universalium
swamphen — /swomp hen /, n. Ornith. any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio. [SWAMP + HEN] * * * … Universalium
swampland — /swomp land /, n. land or an area covered with swamps. [1655 65, Amer.; SWAMP + LAND] * * * … Universalium
Swampscott — /swomp skeuht/, n. a city in NE Massachusetts. 13,837. * * * … Universalium
swampfish — /swomp fish /, n., pl. swampfishes, (esp. collectively) swampfish. a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent… … Useful english dictionary
Swampscott — /swomp skeuht/, n. a city in NE Massachusetts. 13,837 … Useful english dictionary
swamp — I. /swɒmp / (say swomp) noun 1. a piece or tract of wet, spongy land; marshy ground; an area of still, often stagnant water. 2. a tract of soft, wet ground having a growth of certain kinds of trees, but unfit for cultivation. –verb (t) 3. to… …
Dismal Swamp — (spr. dismäl swomp, »böser Sumpf«), von Sumpfzypressen, Rotzedern, Tupelos etc. bewachsene Sumpflandschaft in den nordamerikan. Staaten Virginia und Nordcarolina, zwischen James River und Albemarlesund, ist 64 km lang, 40 km breit, 1300 qkm groß… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
swamp — swampish, adj. /swomp/, n. 1. a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. v.t. 2. to flood or drench with water or the like. 3. Naut. to sink or fill (a boat) with… … Universalium
Dismal Swamp — /ˌdɪzməl ˈswɒmp/ (say .dizmuhl swomp) noun a marshy grassland area on the Atlantic coast of the US, in south eastern Virginia and north eastern North Carolina. About 60 km long, 16 to 24 km wide. Also, Great Dismal Swamp …
