swamp

suomi-englanti sanakirja

swamp englannista suomeksi

1. luhta, suo, räme

2. peittyä

3. peittää alleen, tulvia yli

0. Substantiivi

1. suo, räme, neva

1. Verbi

swamp englanniksi

1. 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. (q), (m), (m).

2. 1624, John Smith, ''Virginia'' IV., page 163:

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

3. (quote-journal)

4. A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.

5. {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Cassandra Clark|title=Alchemist of Netley Abbey

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

7. (quote-web)

8. To drench or fill with water.

(ux)

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

10. (quote-journal) ended a primary season in which Hillary Rodham Clinton swamped an antiwar challenger for renomination to the Senate.

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

12. {{quote-text|en|year=1874|author=John Richard Green|title=A Short History of the English People

13. {{quote-journal|en|year=c. 1835|author=William Hamilton|title=Metaphysics and Moral Science|journal=Edinburgh Review

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

15. {{quote-book|en|year=1954|author=W. E. Blackhurst|title=Riders of the Flood|page=27

16. 1976, Alicia Tyler, ''“Doin' a man's work”: Logging in central and southern counties between 1918 and 1930'', page 26:

I guess I've done it all. Drove teams, drove grabs (device used to fasten a trail of logs together), swamped (cleared the ground of underbrush and fallen trees for road construction).

17. {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Harold Farwell|title=Logging Terminology|page=1021