Meaning

1 senses
  1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.

    Many animals live in the marsh.

    Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.

    Marsch, Moor, Sumpf

    боло́тоbolóto

    багно́bahnó, боло́тоbolóto

    low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

Examples

25 sentences
  1. The marsh is knee-deep.

    Це болото по коліно. — deniko

    deDer Sumpf ist knietief. — Esperantostern

  2. It's a marsh.

    Це болото. — deniko

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  3. The marshes are protected by dykes.

    deDie Marschen werden durch Deiche geschützt. — Esperantostern

  4. Lots of herons live in the marsh.

    ruМного цапель живёт на болоте. — odexed

    deViele Reiher leben im Sumpf. — Dani6187

  5. The canal cuts off in the marsh.

Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
area of low, wet land:
Русский
By meaning 1
area of low, wet land:
Deutsch
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area of low, wet land:

Origin

From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mari

From Middle English mersch, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

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Forms

plural: marshes
Singularmarsh
Pluralmarshes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water:marshlandfenfenland
  • New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982):Ngaio Marsh
  • United States painter (1898-1954):Reginald Marsh

Word family

51 related words

See also

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