swamped

swamped
very busy; having too much to do

They have been swamped ever since they started advertising.


Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Swamped — «Swamped» …   Википедия

  • Swamped (EP) — Swamped Сингл Lacuna Coil из альбома «Выпущен 2004 Формат Цифровая загрузка винил сингл Записан 2001 Жанр готик метал …   Википедия

  • swamped — 1. mod. very, very busy. □ I can’t handle it now. I’m swamped. □ We’re always swamped at this time of the year. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ Look at him! He’s swamped stoned out of his mind. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Swamped — Swamp Swamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swamping}.] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swamped — overwhelmed I am a little swamped with work at the moment so I can t meet you tonight …   Idioms and examples

  • Swamped (song) — Single infobox | Name = Swamped Artist = Lacuna Coil |180px from Album = Comalies Format = CD Digital download Vinyl single Released = July 2004 Writer = Lacuna Coil Recorded = 2001 Genre = Gothic metal Length = 3:44 Label = Century Media… …   Wikipedia

  • swamped — Synonyms and related words: afloat, aground, at flood, awash, bathed, castaway, deluged, dipped, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, engulfed, flooded, foundered, grounded, high and dry, immersed, in spate, inflood, inundated,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • swamped — adj. filled to bursting; very busy; flooded swÉ‘mp /swÉ’mp n. low lying area of land that is saturated with water and unfit for agricultural purposes, marsh, bog v. flood, fill or cover with water; inundate, overwhelm …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flooded inundated swamped — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swamp — [swɒmp ǁ swɑːmp] verb [transitive] 1. to suddenly give someone a lot of work or things to deal with: • The flood of orders swamped some understaffed trading desks. swamp be swamped (with something) • Brokers said they were swamped with calls… …   Financial and business terms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”