Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.

    the marshy nature of the ground

    sumpfig, morastig, versumpft

    боло́тныйbolótnyj, боло́тистыйbolótistyj, то́пкийtópkij

  2. Growing in marshy ground.

    боло́тныйbolótnyj

More definitions
  • (of soil) soft and watery

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Groningen used to be very marshy.

    deIn Groningen gab es viele Sümpfe. — Yorwba

  2. The lake's southern shore is marshy and inaccessible.

    ruЮжный берег озера болотист и труднодоступен. — Wezel

    deDas Südufer des Sees ist morastig und unzugänglich. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Gabriel made his way through the dense marshy area.

  4. The southern shore of the lake is marshy and inaccessible.

    deDas Südufer des Sees ist morastig und unzugänglich. — al_ex_an_der

  5. We crossed the marshy bottom and passed over a quarter of a mile of dry, hard turf.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of, or resembling a marsh; boggy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, or resembling a marsh; boggy:

Origin

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.

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Forms

marshier, marshiest
Comparativemarshier Lesson
Superlativemarshiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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