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Definition of Flood
1. Verb. Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. "The images flooded his mind"
Generic synonyms: Fill, Fill Up, Make Full
Derivative terms: Deluge, Flooding, Inundation, Inundation
Also: Flood In
2. Noun. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. "Plains fertilized by annual inundations"
Generic synonyms: Geological Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Debacle, Flash Flood, Flashflood, Noachian Deluge, Noah And The Flood, Noah's Flood, The Flood
Derivative terms: Deluge, Inundate, Inundate
3. Verb. Cover with liquid, usually water. "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
Generic synonyms: Cover, Spread Over
Also: Flood Out
4. Noun. An overwhelming number or amount. "A torrent of abuse"
Generic synonyms: Batch, Deal, Flock, Good Deal, Great Deal, Hatful, Heap, Lot, Mass, Mess, Mickle, Mint, Mountain, Muckle, Passel, Peck, Pile, Plenty, Pot, Quite A Little, Raft, Sight, Slew, Spate, Stack, Tidy Sum, Wad
Derivative terms: Deluge, Inundate, Torrential
5. Verb. Supply with an excess of. "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
Derivative terms: Glut, Oversupply
6. Noun. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography.
Generic synonyms: Light, Light Source
Group relationships: Photographic Equipment
Derivative terms: Floodlight
7. Verb. Become filled to overflowing. "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
8. Noun. A large flow.
Generic synonyms: Flow, Stream
Specialized synonyms: Effusion
Derivative terms: Overflow
9. Noun. The act of flooding; filling to overflowing.
10. Noun. The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide). "A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"
Definition of Flood
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.
Definition of Flood
1. Proper noun. (biblical) The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. ¹
2. Noun. A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. ¹
4. Noun. A floodlight ¹
5. Verb. To overflow. ¹
6. Verb. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood. ¹
7. Verb. (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than cannot easily be dealt with. ¹
8. Verb. (context: Internet computing) To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flood
1. to inundate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: inundate
Medical Definition of Flood
1. 1. To bleed profusely from the uterus, as after childbirth or in cases of menorrhagia. 2. Colloquialism for a profuse menstrual discharge. Origin: A.S. Flod (05 Mar 2000)