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flood - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
flood
Definition
(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Synonyms
:
alluvion
,
deluge
,
inundation
Example Sentence
plains fertilized by annual inundations
Definition
(noun) an overwhelming number or amount
Synonyms
:
deluge
,
inundation
,
torrent
Example Sentence
a flood of requests
a torrent of abuse
Definition
(noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
Synonyms
:
flood lamp
,
floodlight
,
photoflood
Definition
(noun) a large flow
Synonyms
:
outpouring
,
overflow
Definition
(noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
Synonyms
:
flowage
Definition
(noun) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
Synonyms
:
flood tide
,
rising tide
Example Sentence
a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
Definition
(verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Synonyms
:
deluge
,
inundate
,
swamp
Example Sentence
the basement was inundated after the storm
The images flooded his mind
Definition
(verb) cover with liquid, usually water
Example Sentence
The swollen river flooded the village
The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
Definition
(verb) supply with an excess of
Synonyms
:
glut
,
oversupply
Example Sentence
flood the market with tennis shoes
Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
Definition
(verb) become filled to overflowing
Example Sentence
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
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