| flood | (n) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, Syn. inundation, alluvion, deluge, Example: plains fertilized by annual inundations |
| flood | (n) an overwhelming number or amount, Syn. inundation, torrent, deluge, Example: a flood of requests; a torrent of abuse |
| flood | (n) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography, Syn. flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood |
| flood | (n) a large flow, Syn. overflow, outpouring |
| flood | (n) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing, Syn. flowage |
| flood | (v) cover with liquid, usually water, See also: flood out, Example: The swollen river flooded the village; The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes |
| flood | (v) supply with an excess of, Syn. glut, oversupply, Example: flood the market with tennis shoes; Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient |
| flood | (v) become filled to overflowing, Example: Our basement flooded during the heavy rains |
| flood control | (n) (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| flooded gum | (n) any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil |
| Flood | n. [ OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flōd; akin to D. vloed, OS. flōd, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. flōð, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flōdus; from the root of E. flow. √80. See Flow, v. i. ] A covenant never to destroy There is a tide in the affairs of men,
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| Flood | v. t. |
| Floodage | n. Inundation. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| flooded | adj.
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| Flooder | n. One who floods anything. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| floodhead | n. a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; |
| Flooding | n. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| floodlit | adj. Illuminated by means of floodlights. |
| Flook | n. A fluke of an anchor. |
| Flooky | a. Fluky. [ 1913 Webster ] |