Inundated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inundate \In*un"date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inundated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Inundating}.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to
     inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to
     overflow, fr. unda a wave. See {Undulate}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood;


        as, the river inundated the town.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inundated
       adj 1: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
              profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
              applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
              overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear";
              "swamped by work" [syn: {flooded}, {overcome}, {overpowered},
               {overwhelmed}, {swamped}, {engulfed}]
       2: 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"
          [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {flooded}, {overflowing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "inundated":
     afloat, at flood, awash, bathed, broken-down, brokenhearted,
     buried, crushed, cut up, deluged, desolated, dipped, drenched,
     dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, engulfed, flooded,
     heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, immersed, in spate,
     inflood, macerated, oozing, overcome, overflowed, overwhelmed,
     permeated, saturated, seeping, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky,
     sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, soused, steeped,
     stricken, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, submersed, sunken,
     swamped, swept, undersea, underwater, undone, washed, water-washed,
     waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, whelmed,
     wringing wet