| swamp |
noun |
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore., To plunge or sink into a swamp., To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water., Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck., To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties., To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked. |