🇬🇧 Swamp meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To swamp something means to cover a place with a lot of water so that the ground, floors, or things there get soaked or even go under the water. For example, if a huge rainstorm pours down on a playground and water rushes in until the swings and slides are all in puddles, you could say the rain swamped the playground.

The burst water balloon swamped my homework, which now looks like a very confused watercolor painting.

When the river rose, it swamped the path and forced joggers to practice their duck movements.

A giant wave swamped the shore and rolled our beach towels into soggy sea burritos.

My little brother swamped the bathroom just by washing his hands, which is why I’m sure he’s part dolphin.

When a really strong storm swamps an area with water it can be called a flood, which is why people build drains, ditches, and dams to help the extra water go somewhere safer.

A sudden storm began to swamp the low garden; water swamped the path, swamping the bicycle. The little dog barked as waves swamped the porch and swamped the shed roof. By dawn the yard was a small lake, but the family laughed, hauled the soaked bike out, and promised to repair what the water had swamped.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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