swamp
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Types & categories
- wetland hypernym
- slough hyponym
- Everglades instance hyponym
- Okefenokee Swamp instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
Types & categories
- flood hypernym
Related & opposite
- swamp derivation
Sense 3 noun
a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
he was trapped in a medical swamp
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Sense 4 verb
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
the basement was inundated after the storm
Types & categories
- fill hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swamp |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | muddy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wetland |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slough |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Everglades |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Okefenokee Swamp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swamp |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flood |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | flood in |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | implosion therapy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flowage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flood |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | torrent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deluge |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fill |