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# overwhelm

«overwhelm» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give them so much of a feeling or so much to do that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (overwhelm, overwhelms, overwhelmed, overwhelming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To overwhelm someone is to give them so much of a feeling or so much to do that they can't cope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#m1)

2) To overwhelm an enemy or team is to beat them completely with greater force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#m2)

3) To overwhelm can mean to cover completely, like a flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings and well-being lessons: feeling overwhelmed is normal; break the task into small steps and talk to someone. In history and sport: an army overwhelms its enemy.

### examples

- The noise of the party overwhelmed me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x1)
- I was overwhelmed by all the kind messages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x2)
- When homework overwhelms you, do one task at a time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x3)
- The bigger army overwhelmed the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x4)
- The wave overwhelmed the small boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x5)
- She felt overwhelmed on her first day at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x6)
- The king was overwhelmed with astonishment, but the girl had taken heart again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/#x7)

### note

Past: overwhelmed. Adjective: overwhelming (an overwhelming win = a very large win). The h after w is silent for many speakers.

### In the corpora

- [My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.422/)
- [Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.897/)
- [And He led them safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1380/)
- [Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2377/)
- [Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.392/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overwhelm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.