kalasawan : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

Word - rootword - affixes
kalasawan - lasaw - ka-~-an~
ka.la.sa.wan. - 4 syllables

ka- = kalasaw
-an = kalasawan
kalasawan

kalasawan :	swamp (n.)
lasaw [lá.saw.] :	diluted (adj.); washy (adj.)

Derivatives of lasaw

Glosses:

swamp
n. (object)	1. swamp, swampland	low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.
	~ everglades	a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife.
	~ okefenokee swamp	a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.
	~ slough	a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).
	~ wetland	a low area where the land is saturated with water.
n. (state)	2. swamp	a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables.; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"
	~ situation	a complex or critical or unusual difficulty.; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
v. (weather)	3. drench, swamp	drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged.; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
	~ flood	cover with liquid, usually water.; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
v. (contact)	4. deluge, flood, inundate, swamp	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
	~ fill, fill up, make full	make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
washy
adj.	1. washy, watery, weak	overly diluted; thin and insipid.; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
	~ dilute, diluted	reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity.; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
adj.	2. bleached, faded, washed-out, washy	having lost freshness or brilliance of color.; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
	~ colorless, colourless	weak in color; not colorful.