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to swamp

to swamp

68 4.0
To flood an area with water or to overwhelm with a large amount of something
  • verb
  • /swɑmp/
translation icon : inundar
  • Between work and school, you are gonna be swamped.
  • become swamped
  • the office is swamped
  • danger of being swamped

We would be swamped by the problems that we we run into.

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Examples

  • I've been swamped at work.

  • Whatever the vigor of the initial bang, its effect is utterly swamped by the rising tide of inflation.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I know we're swamped, but this is important.

  • - Your office is swamped with calls.

  • We're swamped here, come on.

  • The FBI task force had been swamped right from the day it was formed.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • If we were to publish at this stage, we would surely be swamped with criticism.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Most high-level policymakers are swamped with information and have little time to read.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I'm really sorry, Phonce, but I've been swamped, you know?

  • The heavy rainfall swamped the fields, making it impossible to plant crops this season.

Synonyms

to flood
vsto swamp
176 1.0

To cover a place with water when it overflows

also means to be overwhelmed by large amounts, not only liquids
to inundate
vsto swamp
40 6.8

To cover a place with water or give someone too much to deal with

is the same meaning expressed with different wording
to deluge
vsto swamp
1 6.0

To cover an area with water

is broader, including overwhelming by many items beyond just water
to whelm
vsto swamp
  • Archaic
9.3

To cover something completely with water or soil

is used for general covering or strong submerging rather than broad overwhelming
to waterlog
vsto swamp
3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

implies total covering or wide overwhelming rather than mere saturation

Antonyms

166 2.3

Make pain, stress, or worry less

Idioms

To remove corruption and waste from a government or company

Phrasal Verbs

To give someone more work than they can do

Compounds

3 5.8

A gas that forms when plants rot in wet places like marshes

swamp fever
  • Specialized
1 8.1

An infection people get from animals that causes fever and yellow skin

fever swamp
  • Informal
9.9

A confused situation full of rumours and wrong information

A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico

Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats

mountain swamp gum
  • Australian
9.9

A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia

A large swamp in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida that is home to many wild animals

7.5

A tree from the southern United States with light wood used for furniture and guitars

8.6

A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers

8.6

A small tree or bush with white flowers that smell nice and grows in swamps

8.1

A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands

A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat

A tall bush that grows in wet ground and makes dark blue berries you can eat in eastern North America

swamp chestnut oak
  • Specialized
6.6

A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States

swamp cottonwood
  • Specialized
7.9

A tall tree with large round leaves that grows in wet places

swamp cypress
  • Specialized
7.7

A tree that has cones and a swollen base that grows in southern US swamps

8.0

A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land

swamp candleberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A bush with grey-green waxy berries that smell nice

swamp candles
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with tall yellow flower spikes that grows in wet marshes

swamp cypress
  • Specialized
7.4

Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture

swamp dewberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places

9.8

A tree from the eastern United States with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin, very bitter nuts

A shrub that grows in wet ground and has small white or pink flowers

A tall green plant with hollow stems that grows in marshes

8.6

A small tree or bush that grows in wet, swampy places in the United States

7.7

A plant that grows in wet places with thin stems and small white flowers

swamp fly honeysuckle
  • Specialized
8.8

A bush that grows in wet swamp areas and has small berries

swamp gum
  • Australian
9.5

A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places

7.4

A rabbit that lives in swampy lowlands in the southeastern United States

9.9

A tree that grows in southern swamps with short oval pods and strong dark wood

9.3

A bush with large pink flowers that grows in salt marshes

A plant that grows in soft wet ground near water, like cattails

7.4

A tree that grows in wet places like rivers and marshes with large rounded leaves and brown bark

8.1

A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States

8.5

A large North American tree with deep lobed leaves that grows in wet lowlands

A tall plant with large rose-colored flowers that grows in salt marshes

6.2

A tree growing where the ground is often wet with five-lobed leaves that turn red or yellow in autumn

A plant that grows in wet places with clusters of pink or white flowers

swamp oak
  • Australian
9.9

A small leafless Australian shrub with small yellow flowers that grows in wet places

7.4

A large North American tree that grows in wet soil and is used for its wood or colorful leaves

5.7

A tree that grows in wet, marshy ground and often gives wood for building

6.5

A small bird with reddish brown wings that lives and sings in marshes

A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes

A large tree that grows in wet soil and has strong wood and leaves with shallow lobes

6.9

A small tree or shrub with narrow leaves that grows near lakes and rivers

How Overwhelmed

to drown
51 3.3
to inundate
40 6.8
to swamp
68 4.0
to overwhelm
164 4.4
to burden
77 3.7

Surface Forms

swamp infinitive
swamped past
swamped past participle
swamping present participle
swamps third person singular

Etymology

Swamp as a verb comes from the noun for wet land and means to flood or overwhelm completely. So when something is 'swamped' it is covered or buried by water or by too many things, just as a place can be filled with water.