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überschwemmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  • glut noun An excess, too much.
  • overrun verb To spread over or invade a place in large numbers, often taking full control 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

überschwemmen 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.
  • glut (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
  • overrun (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.
  • swamp (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

flood — full definition

  1. noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  2. noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
  3. verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.

glut — full definition

  1. noun An excess, too much.
  2. noun That which is swallowed.
  3. noun Something that fills up an opening.
  4. noun A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

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