Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow of water or other fluid; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over low grounds; hence, an overspreading of any kind; an overflow or superfluous abundance.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- n. metaphorical An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- n. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an overwhelming number or amount
- n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Etymologies
- Latin inundatio ("a flood"), form of inundō (English inundate). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Both would be vulnerable to inundation from a rise in sea level.”
“The floodplain soils are more nutrient rich than the upland soils because annual inundation from the whitewater rivers (carrying suspended solids from the Andes) results in the deposition of organic and mineral sediments on the forest floor.”
“In my opinion, the population of sun dried tomatoes in a state of olive oil inundation is something you are forgetting to include.”
“You also in the report talk about these so-called inundation zones, places that would be overwhelmed by water in the wake of an incident like we saw a year ago.”
“The inundation bordered the road, and just beyond the inundation were the German trenches.”
“It is cattle and sheep country, and after 10 years of drought the inundation is a blessing for some.”
“They declared that the waves in their retreat surrounded the whole town, without leaving any means for preservation; ad that, in the intervals, when the violence of the inundation was a little abated, they heard the most mournful cries and shrieks of those who perished.”
“Mothers who have experienced this 'inundation' will remember the fear of the unknow as well as the excitement of creation – the HOPE that was central to the act of giving birth.”
“This shift in energy policy is partially due to environmental concerns, such as inundation of important ecological zones and the displacement of agricultural lands.”
“The descent of His arm in striking. scattering -- namely, a blast that scatters, or an "inundation" [Maurer].”
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