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Noun swamp has 2 senses

swamp, swampland - low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
--₁ is a kind of wetland
--₁ has particulars: Everglades; Okefenokee Swamp; slough
Derived form: verb swamp₁
swamp - a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"
--₂ is a kind of situation

Verb swamp has 2 senses

swamp, drench - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
--₁ is one way to flood

Derived form: noun swamp₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
--₂ is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something