"inundate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪn.ən.deɪt/ [UK, US], /ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt/ [UK, also] Audio: En-us-inundate.ogg , en-au-inundate.ogg 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”) 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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inundation, inundator, undulate

Inflected forms

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          "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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          "word": "氾濫"
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          "roman": "fànlàn",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "inonder"
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          "roman": "kataklúzō",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
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          "roman": "boğmak",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "بوغمق"
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          "roman": "ešbâ' kardan",
          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "اشباع کردن"
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          "sense": "to overwhelm",
          "word": "przytłoczyć"
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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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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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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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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "asolagar"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "alagar"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "anegar"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "überfluten"
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "परिप्लावित"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inundar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "word": "inondare"
    },
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      "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": [
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      ],
      "word": "залива́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zalítʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зали́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatopljátʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "затопля́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatopítʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with large amounts of water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "затопи́ть"
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      "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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      "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"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hukuttaa"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to overwhelm",
      "tags": [
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      "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"
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