swamp
noun
a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
swamps
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pluralof swamp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof swamp (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
swampnouna tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
Example Sentences
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From the serene heights of the foreign-policy establishment to the fever swamps of the online left and right, a consensus has emerged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
That figure swamps the second-place service, Disney, with only a 10% share.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
New Guinea swamps thus provide a clear instance of an environment where people remained hunter-gatherers because farming could not compete with the hunting-gathering lifestyle.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
