1. To charge someone with too many tasks; SYN. deluge, flood out.
2. To overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli; SYN. overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake.

To mark with or as if with pocks; pit

1. To put through a sieve; to separate or separate out by or as if by putting through a sieve
2. To go through especially to sort out what is useful or valuable — often used with through
3. To scatter by or as if by sifting
4. To use a sieve
5. To pass or fall as if through a sieve