| 1. | a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. |
| 2. | to flood or drench with water or the like. |
| 3. | Nautical. to sink or fill (a boat) with water. |
| 4. | to plunge or cause to sink in or as if in a swamp. |
| 5. | to overwhelm, esp. to overwhelm with an excess of something: He swamped us with work. |
| 6. | to render helpless. |
| 7. | to remove trees and underbrush from (a specific area), esp. to make or cleave a trail (often fol. by out). |
| 8. | to trim (felled trees) into logs, as at a logging camp or sawmill. |
| 9. | to fill with water and sink, as a boat. |
| 10. | to sink or be stuck in a swamp or something likened to a swamp. |
| 11. | to be plunged into or overwhelmed with something, esp. something that keeps one busy, worried, etc. |
| swamp (swŏmp) Pronunciation Key
An area of low-lying wet or seasonally flooded land, often having trees and dense shrubs or thickets. |