überfluten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
- inundate verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
- overflow noun Liquid or material that spills over because there is too much of it.
- swamp noun An area of wet, spongy, low-lying land, often with trees, that supports rich but sometimes difficult-to-access wildlife.
Senses
überfluten is used for these senses in English:
- flood To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- flood (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- inundate To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
- swamp (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
flood — full definition
- noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
- noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
- verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.
inundate — full definition
- verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
- verb To cover an area with water; to flood.