swamp
swamp is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 27 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To plunge or sink into a swamp.
- 2.(Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
- 3.Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers. J. R. Green. Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory. Sir W. Hamilton.
- 4.To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
- 5.To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is swamp.
- What is to cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water called?
- What is to sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties called?
- What is to become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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