Definition of: swamp

(swomp, swômp) noun
A tract or region of low land saturated with water; a wet bog. Also swamp′land′ (-land′). ♦ Collateral adjective: paludal.
—v.t.
1. To drench or submerge with water or other liquid.
2. To overwhelm with difficulties; crush; ruin.
3. Naut. To sink or fill (a vessel) with water.
—v.i.
4. To sink in water, a swamp, etc. [Cf. LG swampen quake (said of a bog). Akin to SUMP.]
—swamp′y, swamp′ish adjective