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# morass

noun (morasses)

«morass» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A morass is soft, wet ground that sinks under your feet, a bog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morass/#m1)
2. A morass can also mean a confused mess one is stuck in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morass/#m2)

### In the lessons

characters who sink into a swamp or who are stuck in a tangle of trouble

### Examples

- The horse sank into the morass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morass/#x1)
- They waded through a morass of mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morass/#x2)
- He was stuck in a morass of debts and worry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morass/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a morass is a place or a mess, not a number

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «morass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morass/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«morass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/morass.html) on Mova free.