Inundate
61undulate — [17] Undulate goes back ultimately to Latin unda ‘wave’, source also of English inundate [17], redundant, and surround. This in turn was descended from the Indo European base *ud , which also produced Greek húdōr ‘water’ (source of the English… …
62deluge — 1. noun 1) homes were swept away by the deluge Syn: flood, torrent, spate 2) the deluge turned the field into a swamp Syn: downpour, torrential rain; thunderstorm, thundershower, rainstorm, cloudburst 3) …
63submerge — verb 1) the U boat submerged Syn: go under water, dive, sink Ant: surface 2) submerge the bowl in water Syn: immerse, plunge, sink 3) t …
64swamp — 1. noun her horse got stuck in a swamp Syn: marsh, bog, muskeg, quagmire, mire, morass, fen; quicksand, bayou; archaic quag 2. verb 1) the rain was swamping the dry roads Syn: flood, inundate, deluge …
65swamp — 1. noun he got stuck in the swamp Syn: marsh, bog, fen, quagmire 2. verb 1) the rain was swamping the boat Syn: flood, inundate, deluge, fill 2) he was swamped by media attention …
66deluge — [n] downpour, flood of something avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, drencher, flux, inundation, niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent; concepts 432,524,787 deluge [v1] inundate with water douse, drench, drown, engulf …
67undulate — [17] Undulate goes back ultimately to Latin unda ‘wave’, source also of English inundate [17], redundant, and surround. This in turn was descended from the Indo European base *ud , which also produced Greek húdōr ‘water’ (source of the English… …
68inundation — noun 1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (Freq. 1) plains fertilized by annual inundations • Syn: ↑flood, ↑deluge, ↑alluvion • Derivationally related forms: ↑deluge ( …
69submerge — v. 1 tr. a place under water; flood; inundate. b flood or inundate with work, problems, etc. 2 intr. (of a submarine, its crew, a diver, etc.) dive below the surface of water. Phrases and idioms: the submerged tenth the supposed fraction of the… …
70inundatory — ə̇ˈnəndəˌtōrē, tȯr , ri adjective Etymology: inundate + ory : tending to inundate …
