n. Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A tract of low, soft, wet ground the drainage of which is insufficient either from its depressed situation or from its uniform flatness; a marsh; a swamp; a bog; a fen.
n.Synonyms Swamp, etc. See marsh.
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n. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Word Usage
"Today, it seems all too possible that the region's coddled political and economic elites will allow their states to slide into a Latin American morass, as they continue to live high on the hog while the dreams of ordinary people go down the tubes."