Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inundation \In`un*da"tion\, n. [L. inundatio: cf. F.
inondation.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an
overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over
grounds.
[1913 Webster]
With inundation wide the deluge reigns,
Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains.
--Wilkie.
[1913 Webster]
2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous
abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of
tourists.
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To stop the inundation of her tears. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inundation
n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
inundations" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge},
{alluvion}]
2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge},
{torrent}]
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