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. A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground that is a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals, though is ill- suited for many agricultural purposes (a type of wetland). (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. To drench or fill with water.

(ux)

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

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

9. (quote-web)

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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).

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