Meaning Of Swamp

n.

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
v. t.

To plunge or sink into a swamp.
v. t.

To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
v. t.

Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
v. i.

To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
v. i.

To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.