'Swamping' definitions:
Definition of 'Swamping'
From: GCIDE
- Swamp \Swamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swamping.]
- 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. [1913 Webster]
- The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
- Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Swamping'
- Swamp,
- Swamped,
- Swamp blackbird,
- Swamp cabbage,
- Swamp deer,
- Swamp hen,
- Swamp honeysuckle,
- Swamp hook,
- Swamp itch,
- Swamp laurel,
- Swamp maple,
- Swamp oak,
- Swamp ore,
- Swamp partridge,
- Swamp robin,
- Swamp sassafras,
- Swamp sparrow,
- Swamp willow,
- okefenokee swamp,
- swamp andromeda,
- swamp ash,
- swamp azalea,
- swamp bay,
- swamp birch,
- swamp blackberry,
- swamp blueberry,
- swamp buggy,
- swamp candleberry,
- swamp candles,
- swamp cottonwood,
- swamp cypress,
- swamp dewberry,
- swamp fever,
- swamp gum,
- swamp hare,
- swamp hickory,
- swamp horsetail,
- swamp lily,
- swamp locust,
- swamp mallow,
- swamp milkweed,
- swamp pine,
- swamp pink,
- swamp plant,
- swamp poplar,
- swamp rabbit,
- swamp sunflower,
- flooded inundated swamped,
- little swamp eagle,
- little swamp hen,
- mexican swamp cypress,
- mountain swamp gum,
- swamp chestnut oak,
- swamp fly honeysuckle,
- swamp red oak,
- swamp rose mallow,
- swamp white oak,
- white swamp honeysuckle