swamp

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)

   “Some small Marshes and Swamps there are, but more profitable than hurtfull.”

2. isim A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.

   “We two...in this swamp of iniquity...together we can bring redress to an unjust world.”

3. isim The alleged corruption, cronyism, inefficiency, and entrenched interests in the federal government, especially in Washington, DC.

   “On InfoWars, Alex Jones told his audience, "This is over the top sickening. Next they'll say Jeffrey Epstein never even existed. This is the swamp winning. No one is buying this."”

4. fiil To drench or fill with water.

   “The boat was swamped in the storm.”

5. fiil To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

   “I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.”

6. fiil To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

   “The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers.”

7. fiil To clear (a road or an area) of brush, particularly so as to create a path for loggers to be able to access trees.

   “Nothing to it but clearing out underbrush and limbs so teams can get to the logs. […] If anyone asks, just tell him you've swamped roads ever since you was big enough to lift a hatchet.”