The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
awash, afloat(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing
(adjective) covered with water; “the main deck was afloat (or awash)”; “the monsoon left the whole place awash”; “a flooded bathroom”; “inundated farmlands”; “an overflowing tub”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inundated
flooded
inundated
simple past tense and past participle of inundate
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
1 February 2025
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.