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   flood

   /flʌd/

   noun

   • 1. an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land: "the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides" Similar inundationswampingdelugetorrentoverflowflash floodfreshetdownpourcloudburstspate
   • ▪ the biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race (Gen. 6 ff.).
   • ▪ the inflow of the tide.
   • ▪ a river, stream, or sea. literary
   • 2. an outpouring of tears: "she burst into floods of tears" Similar outpouringtorrentrushstreamgushsurgecascadeflow
   • ▪ an overwhelming quantity of things or people happening or appearing at the same time: "his column provoked a flood of complaints" Similar successionseriesstringchainbarragevolleybatteryavalanchetorrentstreamtidespatestormshowercascadewaverushoutpouringOpposite trickle
   • 3. short for floodlight

   verb

   • 1. cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood: "the dam burst, flooding a small town" Similar inundateswampdelugeimmersesubmergedrownengulf
   • ▪ become covered or submerged by a flood: "part of the vessel flooded"
   • ▪ (of a flood) force (someone) to leave their home.
   • ▪ (of a river) become swollen and overflow (its banks). Similar overflowburst its banksbrim overrun overrare:overbrimdisembogue
   • ▪ overfill the carburettor of (an engine) with petrol, causing the engine to fail to start.
   • 2. arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities: "sunlight flooded in at the windows" Similar pourstreamsurgeswarmpilecrowdthrongOpposite trickle
   • ▪ completely fill or suffuse: "she flooded the room with light"
   • ▪ overwhelm with large amounts or quantities: "our switchboard was flooded with calls" Similar glutswampsaturateoversupplyoverfilloverloadoverwhelm
   • 3. (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.

   Word Origin Old Englishflōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.

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