Look up: Swamp

1. Swamp
   An area of land that usually flooded and contains woody plants
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2. Swamp
   A type of wetland dominated by woody vegetation but without appreciable peat deposits. Swamps may be fresh or salt water and tidal or non-tidal. (See wetlands.)
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3. swamp
   A type of wetland that is dominated by woody vegetation and does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits; it may be fresh- or saltwater, and tidal or nontidal.
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4. swamp
   [n] - a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables 2. [n] - low land that is seasonally flooded 3. [v] - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
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5. swamp
   a tract generally characterised by a soil that is slightly acid,neutral,or slightly alkaline,and a water table at or above the soil surface(the water often moving perceptibly),supporting not only low vegetation,e.g.sedges,but also reeds and woody vegetation,including trees Category: Botany and zoology
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6. Swamp
   Swamp noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, Dutch zwam a fungus, German schwamm a sponge, Icelandic svöppr , Dan. & Swedish swamp , Goth. swamms , Greek somfo`s porous...
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7. Swamp
   Swamp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Swamped ; present participle & verbal noun Swamping .] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. 2. (Nautical) To cause...
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8. Swamp
   Swamp intransitive verb 1. To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties. 2. To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.
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9. swamp
   <ecology> Spongy land, low ground filled with water, a wooded area having surface water much of the time. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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10. swamp
    swampland noun low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
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11. swamp
    noun a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; `he was trapped in a medical swamp`
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12. Swamp
    • (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. • (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp. • (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. • (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat;...
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13. swamp
    wetland ecosystem characterized by mineral soils with poor drainage and by plant life dominated by trees. The latter characteristic distinguishes a ... [9 related articles]
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14. Swamp
    Swamp is British slang for the vagina.
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15. Swamp
    Swamp is British slang for the vagina.
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16. SWAMP
    To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom
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17. Swamp
    To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.
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18. SWAMP
    A forested wetland with significant areas of standing water for at least portions of the year.
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19. swamp
    swamp, shallow body of water in a low-lying, poorly drained depression, usually containing abundant plant growth dominated by trees, such as cypress, and high shrubs. Swamps develop in moist climates, generally in such places as low-lying coastal plains, floodplains of rivers, and old lake basins or...
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20. Swamp
    A swamp is a level or low-lying expanse of ground saturated with water.
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21. swamp
    Region of low-lying land that is permanently saturated with water and usually overgrown with vegetation; for example, the everglades of Florida, USA. A swamp often occurs where a lake has filled up with sediment and plant material. The flat surface so formed means that run-off is slow, and the water table is always close to the surface....
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22. Swamp
    To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.
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23. Swamp
    A `swamp` is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" ...
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24. Swamp
    (comic strip) `Swamp` is a comic strip created by Australian Gary Clark. It was first published in 1981. According to Clark, the inspiration and model for this strip was the creeks and lagoons in a bushy suburban Brisbane where he grew up in the 1960s. He describes the strip as a "down-t...
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