deluge :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker

n. a heavy rain

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

overwhelm, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

inundate, submerge

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

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turbulence, turbulency

n. unstable flow of a liquid or gas

storm, violent storm

n. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

flood, overflow, outpouring

n. a large flow

waterfall, falls

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

inundate, deluge, submerge

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

overwhelm, deluge, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

saturate

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

indoctrinate

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

swallow

v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

inundate, deluge, submerge

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

cover, spread over

v. form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"

swamp, drench

v. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

submerge, submerse

v. put under water; "submerge your head completely"

besiege

v. harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

cover, spread over

v. form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"

overwhelm, deluge, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

submerge, submerse

v. put under water; "submerge your head completely"

overburden

v. burden with too much work or responsibility

besiege

v. harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"

swallow

v. engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

flood

v. cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

empty

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

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