inundate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
2. To overwhelm.

Sinonieme

flood

overflow

deluge

submerge

swamp

overwhelm

shower

🚿

drown

overrun

flush

flow over

rush

engulf

rise

sink

smother

soak

surge

swarm

swell

be in spate

whelm

cover with a flood

basin irrigation

make overflow

brim over

encroach

expand

float

flow

flush irrigation

heap up

inundation

invade

lavish

raid

rain cats and dogs

Vertalings

inonder

inondare

inundar

inundar

inunderen

inundar

überschwemmen

alagar

κατακλύζω

submerger

overstromen

onder water zetten

allagare

déluge

πλημμυρίζω

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.ən.deɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inundātus, the perfect passive participle of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- + undō (“to overflow, wave”), from unda (“wave”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).