swamp

An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants.

A lowland region saturated with water.

A situation or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables.

To drench in or cover with or as if with water.

To inundate or burden; overwhelm.

To fill (a ship or boat) with water to the point of sinking it.

To become full of water or sink.

Thin; slender; lean.

In lumbering, to clear (the ground) of under-brush, fallen trees, and other obstructions preparatory to constructing a logging-road or opening out a gutter-road.