Inundates - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.

Примеры использования:

The king marched north to besiege berwick

verb

To surround a place, esp. with an army, to prevent people or supplies from getting in or out

Примеры использования:

Fig. after the controversial show, the television network was besieged with complaints., mick jagge…

verb

Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

Примеры использования:

The city was bombarded by federal forces

noun

A cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.

Примеры использования:

Yet for all the muskets, bombards, and cannon, kelly appears more interested in the impact of gunpo…

verb

To attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs

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Fig. i was bombarded with phone calls and faxes.

verb

Put or hide underground.

Примеры использования:

He buried the box in the back garden

verb

Place in a grave or tomb

verb

To put a dead body into the ground

Примеры использования:

My father is buried in kentucky., squirrels bury nuts and dig them up later to eat them., she burie…

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Примеры использования:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

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A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

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Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

noun

A severe flood.

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This may be the worst deluge in living memory

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Примеры использования:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

noun

A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

Примеры использования:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …

verb

Wet thoroughly; soak.

Примеры использования:

I fell in the stream and was drenched

noun

A dose of medicine administered to an animal.

Примеры использования:

A worming drench

verb

To make someone or something extremely wet

Примеры использования:

The rain drenched my clothes.

verb

Die through submersion in and inhalation of water.

Примеры использования:

A motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay

verb

Kill by submerging in water

verb

To die by being under water and unable to breathe, or to kill someone by causing this to happen

Примеры использования:

[ i ] he drowned in a boating accident., [ always + adv/prep ] drowning in debt/sorrow

verb

(of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Примеры использования:

The cafe was engulfed in flames

verb

To surround and cover completely

Примеры использования:

Floodwaters engulfed midwestern farmlands.

noun

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.

Примеры использования:

The villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides

verb

Short for floodlight.

verb

To fill or become covered with water or to cause this to happen to something

Примеры использования:

[ t ] a burst pipe flooded the bathroom., [ i ] the basements of many downtown buildings would floo…

noun

An excessively abundant supply of something.

Примеры использования:

There is a glut of cars on the market

verb

Supply or fill to excess.

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The roads are glutted with cars

noun

A supply or amount that is much greater than necessary

Примеры использования:

A glut of new housing, a glut of information

verb

Dip or submerge in a liquid.

Примеры использования:

Immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes

verb

To involve someone completely in an activity

Примеры использования:

She immersed herself wholly in her work., immerse the egg in boiling water., the course offers tota…

verb

Load (someone) with too many things to carry.

Примеры использования:

They were overburdened with luggage

noun

Rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, or other underground feature.

Примеры использования:

The kaolin is mined by removing the overburden and digging a pit

verb

(especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.

Примеры использования:

Chemicals overflowed from a storage tank

noun

The flowing over of a liquid.

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There was some overflow after heavy rainfall

verb

Load with too great a burden or cargo.

Примеры использования:

Both boats were overloaded and low in the water

noun

An excessive amount of something.

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An overload of stress

verb

To put too great a load in or on something

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Don’t overload the washer or it won’t work properly., fig. i can’t go out tonight – i’m overloaded …

verb

Defeat or overcome with superior strength.

Примеры использования:

He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station

verb

To defeat someone by having greater strength or power

Примеры использования:

The team’s forward is strong enough to overpower smaller defenders and quick enough to drive past b…

verb

Spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers.

Примеры использования:

The mediterranean has been overrun by tourists

noun

An instance of something exceeding an expected or allowed time or cost.

Примеры использования:

The cost overrun caused the company's share price to fall

verb

To spread over an area quickly and in large numbers

Примеры использования:

The city has become increasingly unpleasant because it is overrun with tourists.

verb

Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water.

Примеры использования:

Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses

verb

Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed.

Примеры использования:

The soil is saturated

noun

A saturated fat.

Примеры использования:

As far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy

adjective

Saturated with moisture.

verb

Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.

Примеры использования:

Soak the beans overnight in water

noun

An act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time.

Примеры использования:

I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath

verb

Submerge in a liquid

verb

Cause (something) to be under water.

Примеры использования:

Houses had been flooded and cars submerged

verb

Put under water

verb

To go below the surface of an area of water

Примеры использования:

[ t ] take a normal breath and completely submerge yourself., [ i ] seals exhale so they can submer…

noun

An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

Примеры использования:

They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…

verb

Overwhelm or flood with water.

Примеры использования:

A huge wave swamped the canoes

noun

An area of very wet, soft land

Примеры использования:

[ c ] alligators live in these swamps., a low-lying, swampy region, the boat was swamped by an enor…