noun · rare

morass

morass · morasses

болото, трясовина, заковика

трясина, болото

Marsch, Schlacke, Senke

A tract of soft, wet groundA tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

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US/məˈɹæs/

» The morass of regulations is delaying the project.

Meaning

2 senses

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
боло́тоbolóto, тряси́наtrjasína
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
(figuratively)Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
тряси́наtrjasína

Examples

3 sentences

The morass of regulations is delaying the project.
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We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
ruМы увязли в трясине бумажной работы.
deWir versanken in einem Morast an Papierkram.
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His father drank himself into a morass of self-pity.
ruЕго отец напился до трясины самосожаления.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

tract of soft, wet ground:

Origin

From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)

From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)) of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). The Middle Dutch word is a borrowing from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh, and linked in part to moor. Compare quagmire.

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