Monday, January 31, 2011

Inundate

Definitions:

Princeton says:
(fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid) "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
and
(fill or cover completely, usually with water)


Webster says:

1
: to cover with a flood : overflow
2
: overwhelm <was inundated with phone calls>

Pronunciation: In as in in, Un as in that same sound I can't figure out what common word it's in! Sounds enough like en though, as in then. Date as in... date. Rhymes with eight, freight, appreciate, great.
Webster audio

Synonyms
Princeton 1  flood,  swamp
               2  submerge

4 comments:

  1. I inundated my toilet the other night.

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  2. Shouldn't you turn the title into "To inundate", because it's a verb?

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  3. Yay! I actually knew what this word meant, haha.

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