swamp

The swamp teems with mosquitoes.

The water in the swamp is foul.

a huge wave swamped the canoes.

be swamped by heavy debts

The horse was swamped in the mud.

In the swamp the army was beset by mosquitoes.

In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes.

a corporate swamp; a financial swamp.

She was swamped with work.

A big wave swamped the boat.

We are swamped with work.

The firm is swamped with orders.

feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her.

the country was swamped with goods from abroad.

The swamp country is inclined to poach in winter.

Heavy rainfalls swamped the lowlands.

the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside.

slog across the swamp; slogged through both volumes.

The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.