"inundate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪn.ən.deɪt/ [UK, US], /ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt/ [UK, also] Audio: En-us-inundate.ogg [US], en-au-inundate.ogg [Australia] Forms: inundates [present, singular, third-person], inundating [participle, present], inundated [participle, past], inundated [past]
Etymology: From Latin inundō (“I flood, overflow”), from undō (“I overflow, I wave”), from unda (“wave”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wed-}}, {{uder|en|la|inundō||I flood, overflow}} Latin inundō (“I flood, overflow”), {{m|la|undō||I overflow, I wave}} undō (“I overflow, I wave”), {{m|la|unda||wave}} unda (“wave”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} inundate (third-person singular simple present inundates, present participle inundating, simple past and past participle inundated)
  1. To cover with large amounts of water; to flood. Synonyms (to cover with water): deluge, flood, beflood Translations (to cover with large amounts of water): κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) (Ancient Greek), заливам (zalivam) (Bulgarian), наводнявам (navodnjavam) (Bulgarian), inundar (Catalan), 淹沒 (Chinese Mandarin), 淹没 (yānmò) (Chinese Mandarin), zaplavit (Czech), inunderen (Dutch), hukuttaa (Finnish), inonder (French), asolagar (Galician), alagar (Galician), anegar (Galician), inundar (Galician), überfluten (German), परिप्लावित (pariplāvit) (Hindi), inundar (Ido), inondare (Italian), whakaparawhenua (Maori), غرقه کردن (ğarq kardan) (Persian), zalać (Polish), inundar (Portuguese), залива́ть (zalivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зали́ть (zalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), затопля́ть (zatopljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), затопи́ть (zatopítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), наводня́ть (navodnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наводни́ть (navodnítʹ) (Russian), inundar (Spanish), översvämma (Swedish), sel basmak (Turkish), su basmak (Turkish), gorlifo (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inundate-en-verb-MIoFxG9A Disambiguation of 'to cover with water': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to cover with large amounts of water': 99 1
  2. To overwhelm. Synonyms (to overwhelm): deluge, flood, beflood Translations (to overwhelm): κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) (Ancient Greek), inundar (Catalan), 氾濫 (Chinese Mandarin), 氾滥 (fànlàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 泛滥 (fànlàn) (Chinese Mandarin), zaplavit (Czech), hukuttaa [transitive] (Finnish), hukkua [intransitive] (Finnish), inonder (French), plúch (Irish), inondare (Italian), بوغمق (boğmak) (Ottoman Turkish), اشباع کردن (ešbâ' kardan) (Persian), przytłoczyć (Polish), inundar (Portuguese), зава́ливать (zaválivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), завали́ть (zavalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), inundar (Spanish), överväldiga (Swedish), överhopa (Swedish), översvämma (Swedish), tynga ner (Swedish), gorlifo (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inundate-en-verb-v0-odYeH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'to overwhelm': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'to overwhelm': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inundation, inundator, undulate

Adverb [Esperanto]

Head templates: {{eo-part}} inundate
  1. present adverbial passive participle of inundi Tags: adverbial, form-of, participle, passive, present Form of: inundi
    Sense id: en-inundate-eo-adv-8gikf66j Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

Forms: inundāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=inundāte}} inundāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of inundō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: inundō
    Sense id: en-inundate-la-verb-eTTac4O7 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} inundate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of inundar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: inundar
    Sense id: en-inundate-es-verb-3tGXsghY Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inundate meaning in All languages combined (12.8kB)

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          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "परिप्लावित"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "whakaparawhenua"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ğarq kardan",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "غرقه کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "zalać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "inundar"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zalivátʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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          "word": "зали́ть"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zatopljátʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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          "word": "затопля́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zatopítʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "затопи́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navodnjátʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "наводня́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navodnítʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "наводни́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "inundar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "översvämma"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "sel basmak"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
          "word": "su basmak"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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        {
          "text": "The agency was inundated with phone calls.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1852, The New Monthly Magazine, page 310",
          "text": "I don't know any quarter in England where you get such undeniable mutton—mutton that eats like mutton, instead of the nasty watery, stringy, turnipy stuff, neither mutton nor lamb, that other countries are inundated with.",
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        {
          "ref": "1972, Carol A. Nemeyer, Scholarly Reprint Publishing in the United States, New York, N.Y.: R. R. Bowker Co., page 8",
          "text": "That books are pouring off the world’s presses at unprecedented rates is a fact often alluded to as a flood that is inundating libraries and the book trades.",
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        "To overwhelm."
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "deluge"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "flood"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "inundar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "氾濫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fànlàn",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "氾滥"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fànlàn",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "zaplavit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hukuttaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hukkua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "inonder"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kataklúzō",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "κατακλύζω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "plúch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "inondare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "boğmak",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "بوغمق"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ešbâ' kardan",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "اشباع کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "przytłoczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "inundar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaválivatʹ",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "зава́ливать"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavalítʹ",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "завали́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "inundar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "överväldiga"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "överhopa"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "översvämma"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "tynga ner"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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    }
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            "Entry maintenance"
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}

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      "name": "head"
    }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "inundar#Spanish"
        ],
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          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
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        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs"
  ],
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "inundō",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "name": "m"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "wave"
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      "name": "m"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inundating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "inundator"
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    {
      "word": "undulate"
    }
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          "text": "The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To cover with large amounts of water; to flood."
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          "cover"
        ],
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          "water"
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          "flood"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "The agency was inundated with phone calls.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1852, The New Monthly Magazine, page 310",
          "text": "I don't know any quarter in England where you get such undeniable mutton—mutton that eats like mutton, instead of the nasty watery, stringy, turnipy stuff, neither mutton nor lamb, that other countries are inundated with.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, Carol A. Nemeyer, Scholarly Reprint Publishing in the United States, New York, N.Y.: R. R. Bowker Co., page 8",
          "text": "That books are pouring off the world’s presses at unprecedented rates is a fact often alluded to as a flood that is inundating libraries and the book trades.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To overwhelm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overwhelm",
          "overwhelm"
        ]
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɪn.ən.deɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "also"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/En-us-inundate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-au-inundate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to cover with water",
      "word": "deluge"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cover with water",
      "word": "flood"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cover with water",
      "word": "beflood"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "deluge"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "flood"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "beflood"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zalivam",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "заливам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "navodnjavam",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "наводнявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "淹沒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yānmò",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "淹没"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "zaplavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inunderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "hukuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inonder"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "asolagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "alagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "anegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "überfluten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataklúzō",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "κατακλύζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pariplāvit",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "परिप्लावित"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "whakaparawhenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğarq kardan",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "غرقه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "zalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zalivátʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "залива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zalítʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зали́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatopljátʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "затопля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatopítʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "затопи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navodnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наводня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navodnítʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "наводни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "översvämma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "sel basmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "su basmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "gorlifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "氾濫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fànlàn",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "氾滥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fànlàn",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "泛滥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "zaplavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "hukuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "hukkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inonder"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataklúzō",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "κατακλύζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "plúch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "boğmak",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "بوغمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ešbâ' kardan",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "اشباع کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "przytłoczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaválivatʹ",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зава́ливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavalítʹ",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завали́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "inundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "överväldiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "överhopa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "översvämma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "tynga ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "word": "gorlifo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inundate"
}

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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inundate",
      "name": "eo-part"
    }
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  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto adverbial participles",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto non-lemma forms",
        "Esperanto participles"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "inundi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present adverbial passive participle of inundi"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inundi",
          "inundi#Esperanto"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inundate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inundāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "inundāte"
      },
      "expansion": "inundāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "inundō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of inundō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inundō",
          "inundo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inundate"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "inundate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "inundar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of inundar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inundar",
          "inundar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inundate"
}

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