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Meaning of 'flood' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flood [ v. i.]
- A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
- The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.
- A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
- Menstrual disharge; menses.
2 . Flood [ v. t.]
- To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.
- To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

Meaning of 'flood' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flood [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an overwhelming number or amount
Example in sentence:
  • a flood of requests;
  • a torrent of abuse
Meaning (2):
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
Example in sentence:
  • a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
Meaning (3):
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Example in sentence:
  • plains fertilized by annual inundations
4 . flood [ v]
Meaning (4):
- supply with an excess of
Example in sentence:
  • flood the market with tennis shoes;
  • Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
Meaning (5):
- become filled to overflowing
Example in sentence:
  • Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
Meaning (6):
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • the basement was inundated after the storm;
  • The images flooded his mind
Meaning (7):
- cover with liquid, usually water
Example in sentence:
  • The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes;
  • The swollen river flooded the village

Nearby Words:

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