overwhelm, deluge, flood out
(verb) charge someone with too many tasks
overpower, overmaster, overwhelm
(verb) overcome by superior force
submerge, drown, overwhelm
(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible; “I was drowned in work”; “The noise drowned out her speech”
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overwhelm (third-person singular simple present overwhelms, present participle overwhelming, simple past and past participle overwhelmed)
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
Synonym: swamp
To overpower, crush.
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
• underwhelm
overwhelm (plural overwhelms)
The state or condition of being overwhelmed.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*whelm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly. The sea overwhelmed their enemies. Ps. lxxviii. 53. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Ps. lv. 5. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. Shak. Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. Milton.
2. To project or impend over threateningly. His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. Shak.
3. To cause to surround, to cover. Papin.
O"ver*whelm`
Definition: , n. The act of overwhelming. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 November 2024
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
