2 entries under this word

Swamp

Swamp, n.

noun

(swŏmp), n. [Allied to sump, from the root of swim. Cf. Icel. svampr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, A-S. swamm, O. H. Ger. swam, Goth. swamms, D. zwam, O. D. swamme, N. H. Ger. schwamm, a sponge, mushroom, also from the root of swim.] Spongy land; low ground filled with water; soft, wet ground; marshy ground away from the sea-shore; land wet and spongy, but not usually covered with water.

Swamp, v. t.

verbtransitive

(swŏmp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SWAMPED (swŏmpt, 84); p. pr. & vb. n. SWAMPING.]

To plunge, whelm, or sink in a swamp, or as in a swamp.
(Naut.) To overset, sink, or cause to become filled, as a boat, in water; to whelm.
To plunge into inextricable difficulties. “Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory.” Sir W. Hamilton.