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marsh
1[ mahrsh ]
Marsh
2[ mahrsh ]
noun
- Dame (Edith) Ngai·o [nahy, -oh], 1899–1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.
- Reginald, 1898–1954, U.S. painter and illustrator.
marsh
1/ mɑːʃ /
noun
- low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes, streams, etc Compare swamp paludal
Marsh
2/ mɑːʃ /
noun
- Marsh(Edith) Ngaio18991981FNew ZealandWRITING: crime writer Dame ( Edith ) Ngaio (ˈnaɪəʊ). 1899–1981, New Zealand crime writer, living in Britain (from 1928). Her many detective novels include Final Curtain (1947) and Last Ditch (1977)
- MarshRodney (William)1947MAustralianSPORT AND GAMES: cricketer Rodney ( William ). born 1947, Australian cricketer: a wicketkeeper, he took 355 dismissals in 96 test matches (1970–84)
marsh
/ märsh /
- An area of low-lying wetland in which the level of water is generally shallow and often fluctuating. The water may be either standing or slow-moving. The water in a marsh is also more or less neutral or alkaline, in contrast to the water in a bog, which is acidic. The environment of a marsh is in general well-oxygenated and nutrient-rich and allows a great variety of organisms to flourish. In contrast to a swamp, in which there is an abundance of woody plants, the plants in a marsh are mostly herbaceous. Reeds and rushes dominate the vegetation of marshes.
- See also salt marsh
Derived Forms
- ˈmarshˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- marshlike adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of marsh1
Example Sentences
Following a conversation with Marsh, the two met at a pub in London.
The landscape looks something like the marsh behind the Toys ‘R’ Us where Tony Soprano might bury a body in Jersey.
The actual field, where Richard was unhorsed and slain in a medieval marsh, is more than a mile away to the southwest.
Since 1977, Star Wars has been an essential touchstone for both Povenmire and Marsh.
“There are a lot of diehard fans who I think are genuinely worried about Disney doing Star Wars,” admits Marsh.
Sometimes in the case of large plants, cones have been known to occur on the tips of the branches of the Marsh Horsetail.
Herbert Marsh, professor of divinity in the university of Cambridge, England, died.
The hills disappear some miles above this city, and henceforward to the sea all is flat and tame as a marsh.
It cut its zigzag way through the marsh for many miles, and they could follow its course with the eye but a few feet at a time.
Here and there, but far away, a mast or sail rose above the level surface of the marsh.
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