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| 1. | [ verb ] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | |
| Synonyms: | swamp inundate deluge | |
| Examples: | "the basement was inundated after the storm" "The images flooded his mind" |
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| Related terms: | fill flood_in implosion_therapy | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (geology) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | |
| Synonyms: | inundation alluvion deluge | |
| Examples: | "plains fertilized by annual inundations" |
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| Related terms: | geological_phenomenon flash_flood debacle deluge deluge | |
| 3. | [ verb ] cover with liquid, usually water | |
| Examples: | "The swollen river flooded the village" "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" |
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| Related terms: | cover swamp deluge inundate flow overwhelm | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a large flow | |
| Synonyms: | overflow outpouring | |
| Related terms: | flow effusion overflow | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (photography) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | |
| Synonyms: | flood_lamp photoflood floodlight | |
| Related terms: | light photographic_equipment | |
| 6. | [ noun ] an overwhelming number or amount | |
| Synonyms: | deluge inundation torrent | |
| Examples: | "a flood of requests" "a torrent of abuse" |
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| Related terms: | batch overwhelm | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | |
| Synonyms: | flowage | |
| Related terms: | filling flow | |
| 8. | [ verb ] supply with an excess of | |
| Synonyms: | glut oversupply | |
| Examples: | "flood the market with tennis shoes" "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" |
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| Related terms: | supply glut | |
| 9. | [ verb ] become filled to overflowing | |
| Examples: | "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" |
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| Related terms: | fill | |
| 10. | [ verb ] fill beyond capacity | |
| Synonyms: | inundate submerge deluge | |
| Examples: | "The water flooded the fields" |
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| Related terms: | occupy downpour submergence | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1997 | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] incoming | |
| Synonyms: | high | |
| Examples: | "flood tide" "high tide" |
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| Related terms: | ebb advancing | |
| 13. | [ noun ] the inward flow of the tide | |
| Examples: | "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare |
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| Related terms: | flow flood_tide | |
| Similar spelling: |
Floyd fluid Fludd flout float floaty flawed |
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