noun
    
    plural swamps
    
    land that is always wet and often partly covered with water [noncount]
    
    
    
    
    
    verb
    
    swamps; swamped; swamping
    
    [+ obj] to cover (something) with water
    
    
    
    
    
    to cause (someone or something) to have to deal with a very large amount of things or people at the same time - usually used as (be) swamped