INUNDATE

inundate, deluge, submerge

(verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

(verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; “the basement was inundated after the storm”; “The images flooded his mind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

inundate (third-person singular simple present inundates, present participle inundating, simple past and past participle inundated)

To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

To overwhelm.

Synonyms

• (to cover with water): deluge, flood, beflood

• (to overwhelm): deluge, flood, beflood

Anagrams

• antidune

Source: Wiktionary


In*un"date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating.] Etym: [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.]

1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

Syn.

– To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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