MARSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marsh mean? 

• MARSH (noun)
  The noun MARSH has 3 senses:

1. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

2. United States painter (1898-1954)

3. New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

  Familiarity information: MARSH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

fen; fenland; marsh; marshland

Context example:

the fens of eastern England

Hypernyms ("marsh" is a kind of...):

wetland (a low area where the land is saturated with water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marsh"):

salt marsh (low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater)

Derivation:

marshy ((of soil) soft and watery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States painter (1898-1954)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Marsh; Reginald Marsh

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

Sense 3

Meaning:

New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Marsh; Ngaio Marsh

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

 Context examples 

Adding nutrients like nitrogen produced no change in the types of bacteria present in the salt marsh — at least, temporarily.

(Changing salt marsh conditions send resident microbes into dormancy, NSF)

This research suggests that when nitrate is abundant, a change occurs in the microbial community in salt marsh sediments that increases the microbes' capacity to degrade organic matter.

(Salt marshes' capacity to store carbon may be threatened by nitrogen pollution, National Science Foundation)

The hills beyond Marsh Glen sent the answer faintly back—"Where are you?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Look to the right, and you'll see a flat country, with a good deal of marsh in it; look to the left, and you'll see the same.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Understanding how marshes might become more resilient has major implications for understanding coastal response to sea level rise."

(High carbon dioxide can create 'shrinking stems' in marshes, National Science Foundation)

The floor was thick with mud where ruffians had sat down to drink or consult after wading in the marshes round their camp.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This path led them amid marshes and woods, until it brought them out into a glade with a broad stream swirling swiftly down the centre of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the Southeastern U.S., salt marshes have endured massive grass die-offs as a result of intense drought, which can affect everything from fisheries to water quality.

(Biodiversity in salt marshes builds climate resilience, NSF)

After climbing down from the china wall the travelers found themselves in a disagreeable country, full of bogs and marshes and covered with tall, rank grass.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He had hitched his wagon to a star and been landed in a pestiferous marsh.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)