- (v.t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
- (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.i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.
- (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
- (v.i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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