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Flood Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flood? [n] a large flow [n] the act of flooding; filling to overflowing [n] light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography [n] the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare [n] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"1 [n] an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [v] cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" [v] become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" [v] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" [v] supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flood: alluvion \| deluge \| 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\| surplus \| swamp \| swarm \| sweep \| swelling \| teem \| teemingness \| thalassometer \| the Deluge \| the Flood \| throng \| tidal amplitude \| tidal current \| tidal current chart \| tidal flow \| tidal range \| tidal wave \| tide \| tide chart \| tide gate \| tide gauge \| tide race \| tide rip \| tidewater \| tideway \| tons \| torrent \| torrent of rain \| trend \| tumescence \| up \| upping \| upsurge \| upswing \| uptrend \| upturn \| volume \| washout \| waterflood \| waterspout \| waxing \| wealth \| whelm \| whelming \| widening \| world \| worlds See Also \| batch \| cover \| deal \| debacle \| deluge \| drench \| effusion \| fill \| fill \| fill up \| fill up \| filling \| flash flood \| flashflood \| flock \| flood in \| flood out \| flood tide \| flow \| flow \| flow \| flowing \| furnish \| geological phenomenon \| good deal \| great deal \| hatful \| heap \| inundate \| light \| light source \| lot \| make full \| mass \| mess \| mickle \| mint \| muckle \| overwhelm \| peck \| photographic equipment \| pile \| plenty \| pot \| provide \| quite a little \| raft \| render \| rising tide \| sight \| slew \| spate \| spread over \| stack \| stream \| submerge \| supply \| swamp \| tidy sum \| wad \| whole lot \| whole slew Flood In Webster's Dictionary \Flood\, n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. 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. A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood. --Milton. 2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. 3. 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. 4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey. {Flood anchor} (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising. {Flood fence}, a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by a flood. {Flood gate}, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a body of water; a tide gate. {Flood mark}, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood, rises; high-water mark. {Flood tide}, the rising tide; -- opposed to {ebb tide}. {The Flood}, the deluge in the days of Noah. \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flooding}.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley. 2. 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.

Flood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flood?

[n] a large flow
[n] the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
[n] light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
[n] the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
[n] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"1
[n] an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
[v] cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
[v] become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
[v] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
[v] supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

Flood In Webster's Dictionary

\Flood\, n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS.
fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut,
Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the
root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.]
1. 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.

         A covenant never to destroy The earth again by
         flood.                                --Milton.

2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
   of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood;
   high flood.

         There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken
         at the flood, leads on to fortune.    --Shak.

3. 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.

4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.

{Flood anchor} (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
   while the tide is rising.

{Flood fence}, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
   away by a flood.

{Flood gate}, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
   releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.

{Flood mark}, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
   rises; high-water mark.

{Flood tide}, the rising tide; -- opposed to {ebb tide}.

{The Flood}, the deluge in the days of Noah.


\Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flooding}.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
   flooded the valley.

2. 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.

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