The meaning of Swamping

Swamping – definition

verb
Overwhelm or flood with water.
Usage examples:
A huge wave swamped the canoes
Synonims:
Flood Inundate Deluge Wash out Soak Drench Saturate Immerse

noun
An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
Usage examples:
They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…

verb
Present participle of swamp
Usage examples:
High tides have swamped the coast., the boat was swamped by an enormous wave., foreign cars have sw…

Swamping translation into English

Swamping: translate from English into Chinese

淹没, 拥

Swamping: translate from English into Dutch

Moerassen, Vol water doen lopen

Swamping: translate from English into French

Submersion, Submerger, Inonder, Noyer, Emplir d'eau

Swamping: translate from English into German

Überschwemmung

Swamping: translate from English into Hindi

दलदल, दलदल में फँसाना, अभिभूत करना, आप्लावित करना

Swamping: translate from English into Italian

Paludere, Sommergere, Inondare

Swamping: translate from English into Korean

늪, 수렁에 빠뜨리다, 압도하다, 늪에 빠지다

Swamping: translate from English into Russian

Заболачивание, Заваливать, Заливать, Засасывать, Засыпать, Захлестнуть, Затоплять

Swamping: translate from English into Spanish

Inundando, Inundar, Hundir, Abrumar, Inundarse, Encharcar, Encharcarse, Sumergir

Word origin

early 17th century: probably ultimately from a Germanic base meaning ‘sponge’ or ‘fungus’.

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Swamping – similar words

swamped

verb
Overwhelm or flood with water.
Usage examples:
A huge wave swamped the canoes

noun
An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
Usage examples:
They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…

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swamp

noun
An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
Usage examples:
They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…

verb
Overwhelm or flood with water.
Usage examples:
A huge wave swamped the canoes

noun
An area of very wet, soft land
Usage examples:
[ c ] alligators live in these swamps., a low-lying, swampy region, the boat was swamped by an enor…

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Swamping synonims

deluge

noun
A severe flood.
Usage examples:
This may be the worst deluge in living memory

verb
Overwhelm with a flood.
Usage examples:
Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

noun
A very large volume of something, more than can be managed
Usage examples:
The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …

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drench

verb
Wet thoroughly; soak.
Usage examples:
I fell in the stream and was drenched

noun
A dose of medicine administered to an animal.
Usage examples:
A worming drench

verb
To make someone or something extremely wet
Usage examples:
The rain drenched my clothes.

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flood

noun
An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
Usage examples:
The villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides

verb
Short for floodlight.

verb
To fill or become covered with water or to cause this to happen to something
Usage examples:
[ t ] a burst pipe flooded the bathroom., [ i ] the basements of many downtown buildings would floo…

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immerse

verb
Dip or submerge in a liquid.
Usage examples:
Immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes

verb
To involve someone completely in an activity
Usage examples:
She immersed herself wholly in her work., immerse the egg in boiling water., the course offers tota…

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inundate

verb
Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
Usage examples:
We've been inundated with complaints from listeners

verb
To bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with
Usage examples:
After appearing on tv they were inundated with telephone calls for a week., we were inundated with …

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saturate

verb
Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed.
Usage examples:
The soil is saturated

noun
A saturated fat.
Usage examples:
As far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy

adjective
Saturated with moisture.

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soak

verb
Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
Usage examples:
Soak the beans overnight in water

noun
An act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time.
Usage examples:
I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath

verb
Submerge in a liquid

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