(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot.
It took ten guardsmen to ~ him...
VERB: V n
2.
If a feeling ~s you, it suddenly affects you very strongly.
A sudden dizziness ~ed him...
= overwhelm
VERB: V n
3.
In a sports match, when one team or player ~s the other, they play much better than them and beat them easily.
Britain’s tennis No 1 yesterday ~ed American Brian Garrow 7-6, 6-3.
VERB: V n
4.
If something such as a colour or flavour ~s another colour or flavour, it is so strong that it makes the second one less noticeable.
On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to ~ your colouring.
= overwhelm
VERB: V n