swamp
verb/swɒmp/
/swɑːmp/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they swamp | /swɒmp/ /swɑːmp/ |
| he / she / it swamps | /swɒmps/ /swɑːmps/ |
| past simple swamped | /swɒmpt/ /swɑːmpt/ |
| past participle swamped | /swɒmpt/ /swɑːmpt/ |
| -ing form swamping | /ˈswɒmpɪŋ/ /ˈswɑːmpɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody have more of something than they can deal with synonym inundate
- swamp somebody/something with something The department was swamped with job applications.
- swamp somebody/something In summer visitors swamp the island.
Extra Examples- Radio stations have been swamped with requests to play the song.
- This is a big task and I am finding myself swamped.
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- swamp something to fill or cover something with a lot of water synonym engulf
- The little boat was swamped by the waves.
- Huge tidal waves swamped the town.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably ultimately from a Germanic base meaning ‘sponge’ or ‘fungus’.
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