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red
Noun
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Red is a color.
red
Adjective
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having the color red
swamp
Noun
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A swamp is an area where most of the land is underwater. Land in a swamp is not usually more than a meter (or a few feet) under water.
The swamp is home to many animals, including alligators, frogs, and birds.
U.S. state of Louisiana is famous for its swamps.
swamp
Verb
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If something is swamped it is being covered of filled with water.
The deck of our boat was swamped by the storm.
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If something is swamped is has gotten more of something than it can work with.
Our office was swamped with phone calls.
The store was swamped with customers last night.
That many downloads would swamp our computers.
crawfish
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noun
(= crayfish)
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
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noun
(= crayfish)
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
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noun
(= spiny lobster)
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
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verb
(= retreat, back out, crawfish out)
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
He backed out of his earlier promise
The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns