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Definition of Flooded
1. Adjective. Covered with water. "An overflowing tub"
Definition of Flooded
1. Adjective. Filled with water from rain or rivers. ¹
2. Adjective. Filled with too much fluid. ¹
3. Adjective. (qualifier Hence): Overwhelmed with too much of something. ¹
4. Verb. (past of flood) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flooded
1. flood [v] - See also: flood
Medical Definition of Flooded
1. A condition in which the soil surface is temporarily covered with flowing water from any source, such as streams overflowing their banks, runoff from adjacent or surrounding slopes, inflow from high tides or any combination of sources. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flooded
Literary usage of Flooded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton by George Congdon Gorham (1899)
"THE CHICKAHOMINY RIVER 436 flooded, was subjected that month to steady rains.
... of rain The valley of the Chickahominy was flooded more than ever. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1892)
"TANDEM TANKS FOR HOISTING WATER FROM flooded SLOPES. ... The following features
may be of interest to those operating minis liable to be flooded. 1. ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"But he, enkindled by the word divine, Sprang onward o'er the plain ; and all the
plain Was flooded with such torrent, that thereon Floated the shining ..."
4. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"After breakfast, indications of fine weather tempted me out, but ere noon three
several showers flooded the streets. Men and boys, with umbrellas, ..."
5. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"Cellars no longer flooded. Wells drie.i. Nature of soil. ... The Cathedral has
never been flooded since the drainage works." (Loc. cit. p. 150. ..."
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