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Definition: Swamp |
SwampNoun1. Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog. 2. A situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp". Verb1. Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor.". 2. Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "swamp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1682. (references) |
Etymology: Swamp \Swamp\, noun. [Compare to Anglo-Saxon swam a fungus, Old Dutch swam a sponge, Dutch zwam a fungus, German schwamm a sponge, Icelandic sv["o]ppr, Danish & Swedish swamp, Gothic swamms, Greek somfo`s porous, spongy.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | A tract generally characterised by a soil that is slightly acid, neutral, or slightly alkaline, and a water table at or above the soil surface(the water often moving perceptibly), supporting not only low vegetation, e. g. sedges, but also reeds and woody vegetation, including trees. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To walk through swampy places in dreams, foretells that you will be the object of adverse circumstances. Your inheritance will be uncertain, and you will undergo keen disappointments in your love matters. To go through a swamp where you see clear water and green growths, you will take hold on prosperity and singular pleasures, the obtaining of which will be attended with danger and intriguing. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Wet spongy ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | As applied to a mining claim, to clear a narrow strip along the boundaryline, where the location is on timberland. (references) |
Weather | A type of wetland that is dominated by woody vegetation and does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits; it may be fresh- or saltwater, and tidal or nontidal. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Swamps are generally characterized by very slow-moving waters, often rich in tannins from decaying vegetation. They are usually associated with adjacent rivers or lakes. In some cases, rivers become swamps for a distance. Swamps are features of areas with very low topographic relief, although they may be surrounded by mountains.
The most famous swamps in the United States are the Okefenokee Swamp (home to the cartoon characters of Pogo, by Walt Kelly) and the Great Dismal Swamp. The Okefenokee is located in extreme southeastern Georgia and extends slightly into northeastern Florida. The Great Dismal Swamp lies in extreme southeastern Virginia and extreme northeastern North Carolina. Both are National Wildlife Refuges. Another swamp area, Reelfoot Lake of extreme western Tennessee, was created by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812. Both the Great Dismal and Reelfoot are centered around large lakes.
Swamps are characterized by rich biodiversity and specialized organisms. For instance, southeastern U.S. swamps, such as those mentioned above, feature trees such as the Bald cypress and Water tupelo, which are adapted to growing in standing water, and animals such as the American alligator.
A common species name in biological nomenclature is the Latin palustris, meaning "of the swamp". Examples of this are:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Swamp."
Synonyms: SwampSynonyms: deluge (v), drench (v), flood (v), inundate (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: swamping (biology & biotechnology, geographyfood & agriculture, geography). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destruction | Smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize. |
Marsh | Noun: marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall, cienaga, jhil, vlei. |
Ship | Boat, pinnace, launch; life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry oat, canal boat; swamp boat, ark, bully, bateau battery, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher; dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot; shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret; eight oar, four oar, pair oar; randan; outrigger; float, raft, pontoon; prame; iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht. |
Success | Settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp; subdue; subjugate; (subject); reduce; make the enemy bite the dust; victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Hey, man. You Swamp Thing? (Con Air; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg) This swamp is a monument to death. (Bride of the Monster; writing credit: Edward D. Wood Jr.; Alex Gordon) Dave Robicheaux drowned in the bottle and went into the swamp to sleep it off. (Heaven's Prisoners; writing credit: Harley Peyton) Do not bring your evil into my swamp. (Swamp Thing; writing credit: Judith Berg; Tom Blomquist) Frog in the swamp, where mosquitoes and fireflies roam, Where if you're rod toed, you stay out of the road, Cause the cars that go by, they don't honk. (Muppet Babies; writing credit: Katherine Lawrence; Jeffrey Scott) | |
Lyrics | This one just came out of the swamp (Optimistic; performing artist: Radiohead) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Red Swamp Fox (1969) Swamp Country (1966) Romp in a Swamp (1959) Swamp Fox (1959) Lure of the Swamp (1957) | |
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This Cypress swamp in Georgia is a breeding ground for Anopheles crucians mosquitoes. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | The Ganges River forms an extensive delta where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. The delta is largely covered with a swamp forest known as the Sunderbans, which is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger. Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | C. D. Meaney at Marquesas, Florida Reef topography Working offshore in the water to cut in mangrove swamp line. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Plane table setup in mangrove swamp Crew off of SIALIA. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Beaver dam at Black Swamp Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Paddling in Black Swamp Creek. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
![]() | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Swamp loosestrife - Decodon verticillatus along the Moonakis River. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). | ![]() | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The swamp fern, frequently found through the Reserve, is an indicator of environments that are rich in nutrients. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
![]() | World War II causeway in mangrove swamp area. Credit: Small World. | ![]() | Man-made boat canal through mangrove swamp. Credit: Small World. |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| Frog; bullfrog; swamp; frogs; toad; toads. | Croak; frog; bullfrog; swamp; night; . | ||
| Bullfrog; frog; swamp; croak; croaking; toad. | Croak; frog; toad; swamp. | ||
| Croak; frog; bullfrog; swamp; night; . | Bullfrog; frog; swamp; croak; croaking; toad. | ||
| Croak; frog; bullfrog; swamp; night; . | Bullfrog; frog; swamp; croak; croaking; toad. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Jefferson | That Indian swamp in the wilderness. |
Virgil | The swamp of Styx, by which the gods take oath. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The kitchen became a swamp of heat, and the family ate hurriedly, and went out to sit on the doorstep until the water should get hot. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The approach to this was through a succession of descending grassy hollows, full of young pitch pines, into a larger wood about the swamp. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | With the onset of spring, the virus reappears in the birds (native bird species do not seem to be affected by the virus) and mosquitoes of the swamp. (references) | |
For reasons not fully understood, the virus may escape from enzootic foci in swamp areas in birds or bridge vectors such as Coquilletidia perturbans and Aedes sollicitans. (references) | ||
When health officials maintain surveillance for EEE virus activity, this movement out of the swamp can be detected, and if the level of activity is sufficiently high, can recommend and undertake measures to reduce the risk to humans. (references) | ||
Economic History | Uganda | Terrain: 18% inland water and swamp; 12% national parks, forest, and game reserves; 70% forest, woodland, grassland. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RICE-:WATER:, n. A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience. It is said to be rich in both obtundite and lethargine, and is brewed in a midnight fog by a fat which of the Dismal Swamp. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Without new, realistic measures, it will someday swamp our farmers and our taxpayers in a national scandal or a farm depression. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We are faced with the most evil enemy mankind has known in his long climb from the swamp to the stars. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Swamp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.80% of the time. "Swamp" is used about 266 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 (singular) | 68.8% | 183 | 22,794 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 21.05% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.39% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.76% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 266 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "swamp" 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 |
| Swamp | Last name | 170 | 45,222 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "swamp": little swamp eagle ♦ little swamp hen ♦ mangrove swamp ♦ mexican swamp cypress ♦ mountain swamp gum ♦ Okefenokee Swamp ♦ rice swamp ♦ swamp andromeda ♦ swamp ash ♦ swamp azalea ♦ swamp bay ♦ swamp birch ♦ swamp blackberry ♦ swamp blackbird ♦ swamp blueberry ♦ swamp buggy ♦ swamp cabbage ♦ swamp candleberry ♦ swamp candles ♦ swamp chestnut oak ♦ swamp cottonwood ♦ swamp cypress ♦ swamp deer ♦ swamp dewberry ♦ swamp fever ♦ swamp fly honeysuckle ♦ swamp gum ♦ swamp hare ♦ swamp hen ♦ swamp hickory ♦ swamp honeysuckle ♦ swamp hook ♦ swamp horsetail ♦ swamp itch ♦ swamp laurel ♦ swamp lily ♦ swamp locust ♦ swamp mallow ♦ swamp maple ♦ swamp milkweed ♦ swamp oak ♦ swamp ore ♦ swamp partridge ♦ swamp pine ♦ swamp pink ♦ swamp plant ♦ swamp poplar ♦ swamp rabbit ♦ swamp red oak ♦ swamp robin ♦ swamp rose mallow ♦ swamp sassafras ♦ swamp smb. with work ♦ swamp Spanish oak ♦ swamp sparrow ♦ swamp sunflower ♦ swamp white oak ♦ swamp willow ♦ white swamp honeysuckle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "swamp": swamp-covered, swamp-dozer, swamp-dweller, swamp-dwellers, swamp-dwelling, swamp-fever, swamp-flies, swamp-forest, swamp-hunter, swamp-infested, swamp-like, swamp-ridden. | |
Ending with "swamp": peat-swamp. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
swamp cooler | 666 | charleston swamp fox | 18 |
swamp | 328 | swamp pop | 17 |
okefenokee swamp | 133 | swamp rat | 17 |
swamp thing | 102 | great swamp | 17 |
la swamp | 96 | fox swamp theater | 16 |
swamp fox | 71 | swamp dog | 16 |
swamp tour | 50 | oak swamp white | 16 |
new orleans swamp tour | 49 | cinemas fox swamp | 16 |
swamp buggy | 48 | okeefenokee swamp | 15 |
louisiana swamp tour | 41 | mangrove swamp | 15 |
portable swamp cooler | 39 | bat keene swamp | 14 |
swamp picture | 37 | gas swamp | 13 |
boat swamp | 29 | cypress swamp | 13 |
louisiana swamp | 29 | cooler maintenance swamp | 13 |
drinking farm swamp | 23 | okefenokee swamp park | 13 |
great dismal swamp | 23 | swamp pop music | 12 |
billie safari swamp | 22 | florida swamp | 12 |
marengo ride swamp | 21 | georgia swamp | 12 |
cooler part swamp | 19 | monster swamp | 11 |
dismal swamp | 18 | dj swamp | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "swamp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përmbyt (deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow, submerge, submerse, waterlog), moçal (backwater, bayou, bog, Fen, Mars, Marsh, mire, morass, muskeg, quagmire, slew, Slough), mbush me ujë (waterlog), fundos (ruin, sink, subside, weight down), dynd (run over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستنقع (bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, moss, ooze, patch, pond, quag, quagmire, slew, slough, sump), غمر (deluge, douse, dunk, engulf, float, flood, flow, gulf, immerse, immersion, inundate, inundation, load, overflow, overwhelm, sluice, souse, submerge, suffuse, wash), غرق (deluge, dip, drown, drowning, eject, founder, go under, grub, relapse, shipwright, sink, sinking, submergence, wreck), أترع (brim, choke), أرض سبخة (quagmire, salt marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тресавище (bog, mire, moor, morass, ooze, quag, quagmire, sink, slew), наводнявам (deluge, drown, float, flood, flow, inundate, water), мочурище (flat, quagmire), заливам (flash, flood, flush, inundate, lick, overflow, overrun, perfuse, sluice, splash, whelm), блато (backwater, bog, hag, mere, mire, morass, muskeg, pan, pool, water hole), потопявам (immerse, inundate, send down, sink, sop, submerge, submerse, wreck), поглъщам (absorb, adsorb, devour, engorge, engross, engulf, imbibe, ingulf, ingurgitate, pouch, prepossess, soak, soak up, suck, suck down, suck in, suck up, swallow, take down, take in, take over, whelm), повличам (drag, run away with, sweep away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 窪 (depression, sunken), 沼泽 (bog, Boggy, marsh, morass, slew, slews), 沼澤 (glade, marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | moèál (bog, morass, quag, quagmire, Slough), bažina (bog, Fen, Marsh, morass, moss, quag, quagmire, Slough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sump (bog, heel, marsh, slough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | moeras (marsh), moer (female, marsh, nut), drasland (marsh), broek (marsh, pants, short pants, shorts, trousers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | marĉo (marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | mýri (marsh), mýra (marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مستغرق شدن , مرداب (Backwater, Lagoon, Marsh, Mere, Morass, Quagmire, Swampland), سیاه اب (Bog, Marsh, Mossy), دچارکردن (Embroil, Trouble), درباتلاق فروبردن , باتلاق (Bog, Marsh, Mire, Morass, Quagmire, Slop, Slough, Swampland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suo (bog, fen, marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | marais, marécage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sumpf (bog, cesspool, Marsh, mire, morass, mud, puddle, quagmire, Slough, sump, swampland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλος (bog, marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"ציף (deluge, flood, glut, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, sluice), בוץ (mire, mud), בצ" (bog, mire, morass), רקק (bog, mire, morass, puddle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ingovány (moor, moorland, morass, quag, quagmire, Slough, tarn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | rawa (bog, marsh, marshy, quagmire), paya (bog, quagmire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | palude (bog, Fen, Marsh, morass, moss, quagmire, slash, slew, Slough, slue), pantano (bog, mire, morass, ooze, quagmire, Slough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 沼沢 (marsh), 沼 (bog, lake, pond), 沢 (dale, marsh, valley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうたく (house in which a mistress is kept, marsh), さわ (a chat over tea, dale, marsh, valley), ぬま (bog, lake, pond), やち (marsh land). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 늪. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | curragh (bog, canoe, coracle, fen, marsh; wickerwork pannier, quagmire), creelagh (withered place), anagh (fen, marsh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | ukum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ampsway pântano (fen, flush, marish, marsh, mere, moor, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, sough), lodaçal (marsh, mire, muskeg, plash). (various references) smârc, se împotmoli (beach, poach, settle in the mud, stick in the mud), scufunda (dip, dive, drown, engulf, founder, run down, send to the bottom, sink, soak, submerge, subside, whelm), umple cu apã (fill with water), mlaştinã (bog, Fen, Marsh, mere, mire, moor, morass, puddle, quagmire, slop, Slough), inunda (deluge, drown, float, flood, flow, flush, glut, inundate, overflow, overrun, shower, submerge), fi copleşit, fi înghiţit, baltã (bog, Fen, lake, mere, moor, morass, plash, pool, puddle, slop, Slough), îneca (choke, deluge, drown, float, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, smother, steep, stifle, suffocate, suffuse). (various references) azm tsi. (various references) засыпать (fall asleep, ply), захлестнуть, затоплять (deluge, drown, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, scuttle, submerge, submerse, waterlog), заливать (flood, overflow, overwhelm, suffuse, whelm), бол�, болото (bog, marsh, mire, morass, moss, muskeg, quag, quagmire, sump, swampland, wetland). (various references) boglach (bog, marsh). (various references) mohlaka. (various references) pretrpati (clutter up, congest, crowd, glut, overcrowd, overload, pile), preplaviti (flood, waterlog), močvara (bog, fen, marsh, morass, quagmire), barski (paludal, uliginose, uliginous), bara (plash, pool, puddle). (various references) pantano (bog, dam, Fen, Marsh, morass, moss, quagmire, reservoir), terreno pantanoso (marsh). (various references) swampu (marsh). (various references) träsk (bog, fen, flow, marsh, morass, sink, slough, sordidness), kärr (bog, fen, marsh, morass), dränka (drown, engulf, smother, submerge), översvämma (deluge, drown, float, flood, flow, infest, inundate, invade, overflow, overrun, overwhelm). (various references) ทำให้แบกรับ าระ, ทำให้ท่วม, หนองน้ำ. (various references) batak (bog, boggy, gutter, in carey street, Marsh, mire, miry, morass, quag, quagmire, quicksand, sink, Slough). (various references) sьяgeюiklik (marsh), batga (mud, slime). (various references) засипати (assail, bestrew, bombard, deluge, shower, stud), занурюватися (dip, dive, douse, dowse, merge, plunge), заливати (bathe, fill in, overflow, overwhelm, steep, suffuse, wash, wash down), болото (back water, bog, mire, morass, ooze, quag, quagmire, slew, slue, sump, wash), драговина. (various references) đầm lầy (bog, marsh, morass, quag). (various references) siglen (bog, swing), gwern (alder grove, meadow), cors (bog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | agam, sug, umah, umun. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lama, lustrum, paludes, paludis, palus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "swamp": swamped, swamper, swampers, swampier, swampiest, swampiness, swampinesses, swamping, swampish, swampland, swamplands, swamps, swampy. (additional references) | |
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"Swamp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sapm, sawm, shamp, skamp, slamp, svamp, swame, swamk, swampe, swampt, swamy, swarp, swimp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "swamp" (pronounced swÄ"mp) |
| 3 | -Ä" m p | chomp, comp, pomp, romp, stomp, Tromp. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-p-s-w" | |
-1 letter: amps, maps, maws, pams, paws, samp, spam, swam, swap, waps, wasp. | |
-2 letters: amp, asp, map, mas, maw, pam, pas, paw, sap, saw, spa, wap, was. | |
-3 letters: am, as, aw, ma, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-p-s-w" | |
+1 letter: swamps, swampy, wampus. | |
+2 letters: impawns, swamped, swamper, wampish, wampums, warmups. | |
+3 letters: prewarms, spanworm, swampers, swampier, swamping, swampish, wampuses. | |
+4 letters: gapeworms, manpowers, moldwarps, spanworms, swampiest, swampland, tapeworms, wampished, wampishes. | |
+5 letters: clampdowns, superwoman, swampiness, swamplands, wampishing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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