swamp

«swamp» in Mova's school dictionary: always wet and soft, with trees, reeds and still water — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a swamp, swamps); verb (swamp, swamps, swamped, swamping)

meaning for a pupil

1) An area of land that is always wet and soft, with trees, reeds and still water. tree →

2) (verb) To flood something with water. tree →

3) (verb) To give someone far too much of something: swamped with work. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, swamps are wetland habitats for frogs, alligators and many birds and help stop floods. In everyday talk, people are «swamped» when they are very busy. Phrases: swamped with homework, a mangrove swamp.

examples

• Alligators live in the swamps of Florida. tree →
• The path through the swamp was muddy. tree →
• A big wave swamped the little boat. tree →
• I'm swamped with homework this week. tree →
• Mosquitoes breed in swamps. tree →
• The shop was swamped with customers after the sale started. tree →
• Falling into a swamp, he remains there some time. tree →

note

Similar words: marsh (wetland mostly with grass, not trees), bog (soft, spongy ground). The verb swamp is used figuratively a lot: swamped = overloaded.

In the corpora

• American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.
• Anacondas live mostly in swamps and slow rivers, where the water helps hold up their heavy bodies.
• Coal is squashed swamp forest, mostly from the Carboniferous period, about 360-300 million years ago.
• Coal formed mostly from swamp forests of the Carboniferous period, about 360-300 million years ago.
• Coal formed from plants of ancient swamps buried and pressed for millions of years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swamp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.