Marsh

Definition: Marsh

Marsh

Noun

1. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water.

2. United States painter (1898-1954).

3. New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982).

Date "marsh" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Marsh \Marsh\, noun. [from Old English expression mersch, Anglo-Saxon mersc, from mere lake. See Mere pool, and compare to Marish, Morass.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	To dream of walking through marshy places, denotes illness resulting from overwork and worry. You will suffer much displeasure from the unwise conduct of a near relative. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Food & Agriculture	Wet spongy ground. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	A tract characterised by a predominantly inorganic soil, supporting low vegetation, characteristically monocotyledons, less acid and less continuously wet than a bog, often only intermittently inundated. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Marsh [Le Marais]. The pit of the National Convention, between Mountain benches on one side, and those occupied by the ministerial party and the opposition on the other. These middle men or "flats" were "swamped," or enforcés dans un marais by those of more decided politics. (See Plain .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Weather	A type of wetland that does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits and is dominated by herbacious vegetation. Marshes may be fresh- or saltwater, tidal or nontidal. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Atlantic Coastal Salt Marsh in Conn. Larger Version

Synonyms: Marsh

Synonyms: fen (n), marshland (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: swamping (food & agriculture, geography).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Bane	Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane.
Marsh	Noun: marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall, cienaga, jhil, vlei.
	Adjective: marsh, marshy; swampy, boggy, plashy, poachy, quaggy, soft; muddy, sloppy, squashy; paludal; moorish, moory; fenny.
Moisture	Noun: moisture; moistness. Adjective: humidity, humectation; madefaction, dew; serein; marsh; hygrometry, hygrometer.
Semiliquidity	Emulsion, soup; squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze; moisture; marsh .
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
References	Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Marsh Supermarkets, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Avast Ye Slobs: Connecticut Pirate Trivia (Carole Marsh Connecticut)) (reference) Avast, Ye Slobs!: Alaska Pirate Trivia (Carole Marsh Alaska Books) (reference) Avast, Ye Slobs!: Indiana Pirate Trivia (Carole Marsh Indiana Bks) (reference) The Canvasback on a Prairie Marsh (reference) Tales from the Marsh and Other Drivel: The Humerous Side of a Federal Game Warden's Life (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Marsh Report (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Groundling Marsh - Courageous Adventures (reference) Groundling Marsh - Treasures Are For Sharing (reference) Freshwater Wetlands: Marsh (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Ephemeral Lake Carnegie, in Western Australia, fills with water only during periods of significant rainfall. In dry years, it is reduced to a muddy marsh. Credit: NASA.		The Parana River delta is a huge forested marshland about 32km northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area is a very popular tour destination. Guided boat tours can be taken into this vast labyrinth of marsh and trees. The Parana River delta is one of the world's greatest bird-watching destinations. This image highlights the striking contrast between dense forest and wetland marshes, and the deep blue ribbon of the Parana River. Credit: NASA.
	"The Fotographer, himself" Portrait of George E. Marsh Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Crew of the MATCHLESS Officers - 1) M. D. Glessner; 2) Marsh; 3) Kenneth T. Adams; 4) H. W. Ferguson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Sea grass and marsh. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Life on the mudflats and in the marsh grass of Helena Island. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Anguilla chrysypa rafinesque. Common eel; Anguilla. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 1. Credit: Fisheries.		Lycodontis jordani Evermann & Marsh. Type. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 2. Credit: Fisheries.
	A slide describing the purpose of the restoration at Sachuest Point Salt Marsh and the restoration partners. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		A slide that outlines the objectives of the restoration work at Sachuest Point Salt Marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Virgil	Frogs in the marsh mud drone their old lament.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Gordon was dead, Marsh was dead
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The marsh hawk, sailing low over the meadow, is already seeking the first slimy life that awakes
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The U.S. brands present in the French market through distribution include Automated Packaging Systems, Douglas, Marsh, Nimco, Shanklin, Shrinkfast, and TMC. U.S. companies with a subsidiary include Markem, Mead, Norson, and Val Cincinnati. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. Should you ask me whence this laughter, Whence this audible big-smiling, With its labial extension, With its maxillar distortion And its diaphragmic rhythmus Like the billowing of an ocean, Like the shaking of a carpet, I should answer, I should tell you: From the great deeps of the spirit, From the unplummeted abysmus Of the soul this laughter welleth As the fountain, the gug-guggle, Like the river from the canon [sic], To entoken and give warning That my present mood is sunny. Should you ask me further question -- Why the great deeps of the spirit, Why the unplummeted abysmus Of the soule extrudes this laughter, This all audible big-smiling, I should answer, I should tell you With a white heart, tumpitumpy, With a true tongue, honest Injun: William Bryan, he has Caught It, Caught the Whangdepootenawah! Is't the sandhill crane, the shankank, Standing in the marsh, the kneedeep, Standing silent in the kneedeep With his wing-tips crossed behind him And his neck close-reefed before him, With his bill, his william, buried In the down upon his bosom, With his head retracted inly, While his shoulders overlook it? Does the sandhill crane, the shankank, Shiver grayly in the north wind, Wishing he had died when little, As the sparrow, the chipchip, does? No 'tis not the Shankank standing, Standing in the gray and dismal Marsh, the gray and dismal kneedeep. No, 'tis peerless William Bryan Realizing that he's Caught It, Caught the Whangdepootenawah!
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Marsh" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 61.83% of the time. "Marsh" is used about 950 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	61.83%	587	10,802
Noun (singular)	38.17%	363	14,875
Total	100.00%	950	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "marsh" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Marsh	Last name	25,000	457
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "marsh": attack from marsh column ♦ burweed marsh elder ♦ Grand Marsh ♦ Little Marsh ♦ marsh andromeda ♦ Marsh asphodel ♦ marsh bellflower ♦ marsh blackbird ♦ marsh buggy ♦ Marsh cinquefoil ♦ marsh clematis ♦ marsh cranberry ♦ marsh cress ♦ marsh elder ♦ marsh felwort ♦ marsh fern ♦ marsh fever ♦ marsh flower ♦ marsh gas ♦ marsh gentian ♦ Marsh gillyflower ♦ Marsh grass ♦ marsh hare ♦ marsh harrier ♦ marsh hawk ♦ marsh hen ♦ marsh horsetail ♦ marsh ichneumon ♦ marsh mallow ♦ marsh marigold ♦ marsh milkweed ♦ marsh orchid ♦ marsh ore ♦ marsh pea ♦ Marsh pennywort ♦ marsh pink ♦ marsh plant ♦ Marsh quail ♦ marsh rosemary ♦ marsh samphire ♦ marsh tea ♦ Marsh tern ♦ marsh timouse ♦ marsh tit ♦ marsh trefoil ♦ marsh warbler ♦ marsh worm ♦ marsh wren ♦ Ngaio Marsh ♦ perennial salt marsh aster ♦ Reginald Marsh ♦ Romney Marsh disease ♦ salt marsh ♦ salt marsh mallow ♦ White Marsh. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "marsh": marsh-birds, marsh-dwellers, marsh-fire, marsh-grass, marsh-lands, marsh-lights, marsh-lovers, marsh-men, Marsh-mickle, marsh-mist, marsh-people, marsh-tolerant.
	Ending with "marsh": Burgh-le-marsh, Moreton-in-marsh, salt-marsh.
	Containing "marsh": annual salt-marsh aster, Salt-marsh caterpillar, Salt-marsh fleabane, Salt-marsh hen, Salt-marsh terrapin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "marsh"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Moçal (backwater, bayou, bog, Fen, Mars, mire, morass, muskeg, quagmire, slew, Slough, swamp), Kënetë (backwater, bog, Fen, moor, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, Slough). (various references)

Arabic		‏مستنقع (bog, fen, marshland, mire, moor, morass, moss, ooze, patch, pond, quag, quagmire, slew, slough, sump, swamp), ‏سبخة. (various references)

Bulgarian		Мочур, Тресавище (Fen, Slough), Блато (Slough). (various references)

Chinese		藪 (place of concourse), 皋 (bank), 睾 (bank, testicles), 沼泽 (bog, Boggy, morass, slew, slews, swamp), 沼澤 (glade, swamp), 湫 , 澤 (beneficence). (various references)

Czech		Bažina (bog, Fen, morass, moss, quag, quagmire, Slough, swamp). (various references)

Danish		marsh, sump (bog, heel, slough, swamp). (various references)

Dutch		moeras (swamp), moer (female, nut, swamp), drasland (swamp), broek (pants, short pants, shorts, swamp, trousers). (various references)

Esperanto		marĉo (swamp). (various references)

Faeroese		mýri (swamp), mýra (swamp). (various references)

Farsi		مرداب (Backwater, Lagoon, Mere, Morass, Quagmire, Swamp, Swampland), لجن زار (Bog, Swampy), سیاه اب (Bog, Mossy, Swamp), باتلاق (Bog, Mire, Morass, Quagmire, Slop, Slough, Swamp, Swampland). (various references)

Finnish		suo (bog, fen, swamp). (various references)

French		Marais (marshland), Marécage. (various references)

Frisian		djerreblom (marsh-marigold). (various references)

German		Sumpf (bog, cesspool, mire, morass, mud, puddle, quagmire, Slough, sump, swamp, swampland). (various references)

Greek		έλος (bog, swamp). (various references)

Hebrew		ֱצה (Fen, Slough), װרקן. (various references)

Hungarian		Mocsaras Terep (marshy ground, moorland), Mocsár (bog, Fen, marshland, mire, moor, moore, moorland, morass, moss, muskeg, Slough, sough, swampland, tarn, wash), Láp (bog, fen, marshland, moor, moorland, morass, muskeg, swamp, tarn). (various references)

Indonesian		rawa (bog, marshy, quagmire, swamp). (various references)

Italian		Palude (bog, Fen, morass, moss, quagmire, slash, slew, Slough, slue, swamp), Acquitrino (bog, morass, moss). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		泥沼 (bog), 沼沢 (swamp), 沢 (dale, swamp, valley). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうたく (house in which a mistress is kept, swamp), さわ (a chat over tea, dale, swamp, valley), どろぬま (bog). (various references)

Korean		습지. (various references)

Manx		roosh, anagh (fen, swamp). (various references)

Maori		repo. (various references)

Pig Latin		arshmay.(various references)

Portuguese		pântano (fen, flush, marish, mere, moor, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, sough, swamp), brejo (bog, fen, heath, moor, slash, swamp). (various references)

Romanian		Mocirlã (bog, morass, sink, slime, slush), Mlaştinã (bog, Fen, mere, mire, moor, morass, puddle, quagmire, slop, Slough, swamp), Pãmânt Mlãştinos, Þinut Mlãştinos. (various references)

Russian		� (abide, agrarian, airmail, Algiers, alphabet, aluminium, amnesty, Arabia, Brabant, bronze, Cairo, castle, Chile, climb, clothe, door, English, everlasting, factory, find, know, love, lyric, madness, maintain, matter, menu, Mexico City, monkey, nearby, nought, pants, patient, pilgrimage, pregnant, quickly, rapid, rear, sentence, sheet, squirrel, take away, the Netherlands, theology, tiger, to, tup, useful, wealth, work, yes), болото болотный, болото (bog, mire, morass, moss, muskeg, quag, quagmire, sump, swamp, swampland, wetland), Болото (Fen). (various references)

Scottish		loth (a colt, filly), lòn (food, lawn, meadow, morass, pool, provision), boglach (bog, swamp). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		močvara (bog, fen, morass, quagmire, swamp). (various references)

Shona		murove. (various references)

Spanish		terreno pantanoso (swamp), pantano (bog, dam, Fen, morass, moss, quagmire, reservoir, swamp). (various references)

Sranan		swampu (swamp). (various references)

Swedish		träsk (bog, Fen, flow, morass, sink, slough, sordidness, swamp), moras (morass, quag, quagmire, swamp), kärr (bog, Fen, morass, swamp), sumpmark (marsch, marshland), Sump (corf, grounds, swamp). (various references)

Turkish		Batak (bog, boggy, gutter, in carey street, mire, miry, morass, quag, quagmire, quicksand, sink, Slough, swamp). (various references)

Turkmen		sьяgeюiklik (swamp). (various references)

Ukrainian		Болото (Fen, Slough). (various references)

Vietnamese		đầm lầy (bog, morass, quag, swamp). (various references)

Welsh		morfa (fen, moor). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	ambar, umah. (various references)
Akkadian	3000 BCE-Modern	agammu. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	palus. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	fen, mor. (various references)
Dutch	700-Modern	moeras. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	marais. (various references)
Middle Dutch	1100-1500	sudse. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "marsh": marshal, marshalcies, marshalcy, marshaled, marshaling, marshall, marshalled, marshalling, marshalls, marshals, marshalship, marshalships, marshes, marshier, marshiest, marshiness, marshinesses, marshland, marshlands, marshmallow, marshmallows, marshmallowy, marshy. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Marsh" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amarah, arsh, Jarosch, larsh, maars, madrasah, mafrash, mahrs, marah, Marash, marish, marrs, M'ars, marsch, marth, martyh, Marza, marzo, Massuh, mergh, mersh, midrush, mirh, mirsh, Misrahi, mlrs, moalrish, morh, morish, mras, msrs, murashu, murghhh, murh, mursh, mursi, Naresh, smarsh, Smersh, warsh. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "marsh" (pronounced mÄ"rsh)
3	-Ä" r sh	harsh.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: harms.
	Words within the letters "a-h-m-r-s"
	-1 letter: arms, hams, harm, mars, mash, rams, rash, sham.
	-2 letters: arm, ars, ash, ham, has, mar, mas, rah, ram, ras, sha.
	-3 letters: ah, am, ar, as, ha, hm, ma, sh.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-m-r-s"
	+1 letter: ashram, charms, harems, ihrams, marish, marshy, masher, shmear, tharms.
	+2 letters: ashrams, brahmas, charism, chimars, chrisma, chromas, dharmas, dirhams, drachms, grahams, hammers, hampers, hamster, hareems, harmers, harmins, kashmir, mahzors, marches, marshal, marshes, mashers, mesarch, midrash, mihrabs, mishear, mohairs, murrhas, rammish, rhamnus, rhumbas, sambhar, sambhur, schmear, shammer, shmears, smasher, thairms, thirams, warmish, warmths.
	+3 letters: ambusher, amphoras, aphorism, archaism, armholes, becharms, brechams, camphors, cashmere, chambers, chamfers, champers, charisma, charisms, charmers, chimeras, chrismal, drachmas, dramshop, freshman, hamburgs, hamsters, harmines, harmless, harumphs, herdsman, homagers, horseman, humerals, isarithm, kashmirs, machrees, machzors, marchers, marchesa, marchese, marchesi, marishes, markhors, marshall, marshals, marshier, matchers, menorahs, misheard, mishears, monarchs, morphias, nomarchs, ramshorn, rhabdoms, rhamnose, sambhars, sambhurs, samphire, schmears, semihard, seraphim, shammers, shamrock, smashers, stramash, teraohms, thermals, trampish, trashman, trashmen, washroom.
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Country	Name
USA	Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
marsh	1,220	marsh harbour	33
jodie marsh	562	bill marsh	32
marsh supermarket	177	creek marsh	31
marsh mclennan	131	jodie marsh pic	31
mall marsh white	98	white marsh	31
kym marsh	88	michele marsh	30
marsh usa	76	marsh harbour bahamas	28
marsh inc	52	cabinet marsh	28
grocery marsh	47	marsh mcclennan	28
white marsh md	44	marsh landing	28
insurance marsh	44	stick marsh	27
blue lake marsh	42	jodie marsh picture	26
marsh harbor	42	maclennan marsh	23
marsh worksolutions	41	marsh michelle	23
avenue marsh white	39	blue marsh	23
grocery marsh store	38	marsh mcbirney	22
inc marsh usa	37	creek marsh park state	22
marsh canada	34	scarecrow of romney marsh	22
amanda marsh	34	kim marsh	21
salt marsh	33	area blue marsh pa ski	21
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Tree in the marsh" by Priit Kallas Commentary: "A small tree in the marsh."	"Marsh river" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "Small stream through the marsh."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Marsh

Definition: Marsh

Marsh

Noun

Specialty Definition: Marsh

Specialty Definition: Marsh

Synonyms: Marsh

Synonyms within Context: Marsh

Bane

Marsh

Moisture

Semiliquidity

Crosswords: Marsh

Modern Usage: Marsh

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Virgil

Use in Literature: Marsh

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Marsh

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

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Name Usage Frequency: Marsh

Usage in Company Names: Marsh

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marsh

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